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Hi, My name is Miroslav and live in Belgium. I have been building a 2 family house together with my brother for the last couple Years. We build in brick and concrete so it's a bit different than the way houses are build in the US. I am planning to do most of the finish carpentry myself, that's how I found out about Kreg and it's products. I do have some probably odd questions. I can't figure out the reason why, when You are making a face frame kitchen cabinet with inset doors... that You have a overlap of Your face frame on the inside of the cabinet. Wouldn't it be a lot easier for installing hinges... if the face frame would be flush with the inside of the box and have a overlap on the outside of the cabinet, to keep the same visual effect. Is there a reason why there should be overlap on the inside or is this something everyone does without asking the reason behind it. I hope You understand what I am trying to say.

Thanks for the answer,

Miroslav

Hello and welcome Miroslav,

Here is what my opinion is:-

Kitchen cupboards usually do not have a face frames fitted to them, the front doors are hinged via euro hinges directly to the side wall/s of the "box".

Face frames are usually for drawer type furniture but there is no reason why you could not use them with cupboards, you would then be able to hinge them onto the face frame.

However if the outer edges were not flush you would have to add an additional filler frame to align them and close up the space.

You may wish to have a look a David Deans work he shows the construction details in the projects he builds and it may be of assistance, otherwise if Jay Bouwell is about he may see your post and add some professional cabinet making knowledge.

Hi my name is Steve and I live in Oregon. I was in construction for 35 years and have recently retired. I have always built things but still consider myself a newbie to woodworking. I've recently purchased a home built in 1920 with a lot of old woodwork. Most of it is in need of repair as it has warped over the years. I hope to repair it using the Kreg jig to straighten the joints and make them stronger. I look forward to learning and contributing to this community.

Hey Dom, don't we meet the strangest people on theses forms?  This is Fred. I guess your guy that made throwing stations must have gone on. I have been woodworking for many years. If there is anything I can do to assist you in setting up your shop, please let me know. I have the Festool TS55 corded saw.  It is a very nice saw. Festool also makes a battery model, not sure what the # on that is.  I f you combine the MFT table from festool with their Ts55 you can almost do without a table saw.

Dom Loriggio said:

Hello, my name is Dom and I have started to make tables that I use to have made from a few Mill Shops that I sell in my company. The Mill Shops never could get the product to me on time, so I have taken to doing them myself. It gave me a good excuse to build the woodworking shop I always wanted

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Hi Fred,

Man it was great hearing from you a few minutes ago. I should have remembered that my old friend was an expert woodworker! That writing table in these pictures are just a magnificent piece of work! I hope someday to be as good in wood working as you are!

Good day to all you Kregers,

My name is Jason and I'm from South Africa! Came across the Kreg jigs while doing some research on building kitchen cabinets. So I decided to go ahead and purchase the Kreg K5 pocket-hole jig and right angle clamp and use pocket-holes to assemble the cabinets. So glad I did as these suckers got put together so quickly and easily.

BTW: this was the first real woodworking project I've taken on :/ I will post some before and still in progress pictures of the kitchen in the projects section.

I do have some additional projects lined up like a walk-in closet and fireplace surround.

Thanks also for all your ideas! I'm liking some of those projects. May add some to my to-do list

Cheers :)

Hi all, My name is Rick and I live in Portsmouth in the UK. I'm a newbie to woodworking but have made my own media cabinet and bookshelf in the last month. Totally addicted and have purchased a tonne of makita tools and lumber to keep on creating.

Look forward to seeing others projects and sharing experiences.

Have fun :)

Hello, My name is Michael. I live in southern Minnesota. I am retired now, so I can pursue some of the hobbies that I enjoy. My main project right now is restoring a vintage travel trailer. I have built new cupboards inside and used pocket hole joinery and biscuit joints with glue through out. I wanted my joints to stay solid and not come apart when she rolls down the road. I have also done a considerable amount of cupboard work.

Hi, Mike here. From NY originally, but traveled all over with the Navy. Finally getting to settle down in life and focus on some hobbies for a change. Wife wants me to build a long Buffett and cabinets for the dining room. I'm pretty handy at most things, but furniture making is new to me. Been very impressed with the Kreg systems I've seen and figured this would be a great place to start. Look forward to learning and posting projects to help others.

Cheers,
Mike

hi my name is ronnie

love this new tool

Hello all, my name is Grant Davis and I live in Westerville, OH. I have been enjoying woodworking for almost 50 years as I got started with my great uncle on a hutch he was making for my mom. I still have the hutch in my kitchen to this day. I travel quite a bit for my day job and that limits my woodworking but I try and share my skills with my nephew and two future son in laws. I am making plans to get back in the shop more and hope to become a very frequent contributor to this site and also frequent it to salivate over some of the awesome projects I have already seen from other members. There are some awesome woodworkers here and I look forward to being part of the community.

I have a couple of the Kreg jigs and use them when I can. I also just bought a Kreg Foreman off of CL that is new in the box.

Anyone in the Columbus, OH area say hello and lets talk shop.

Is there a users map on this site to show where people are located? As I said I travel all over for work and my look some of you up in the future.

Hi all, My name is Tim and I am from Burlington Iowa. Thanks for adding me to your community. I am an intermediate DIY'er and enjoy building in my spare time. I look forward to learning many tips and techniques from all here in the community. I owned the majority of Kreg products and only have a couple I have not used, but the ones I have , have made life so much easier. I am in process of putting up a workshop shed , so hopefully have finished before long so I can get it organized and start building projects. Thanks again for the add.

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