Agrund Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 Hello, first post, but I’ve been reading the site for several months. I was reading a post where I believe a member was asking for help on kitchen cabinets, and another member had replied and directed the op to a cabinet construction book he had just released. I thought I favorited the link for a future purchase, but I must not have. I’d like to find it again so I can add it to a Xmas gift list for my family. Does this book ring any bells to anyone, and if so could point me to it? I don’t remember what subforum it was in, but I believe Ive been at least 75 pages back in one of the subforums, so I can’t even tell you if the post was recent or not. I tried using search, but I didn’t come across it. I did find mention of Greg paolini’s book, but that was not it. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bankstick Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 Check the local library. Our library has a bunch of books on WWing, cabinetry, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agrund Posted August 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 Solved! If I would’ve went just a bit further before I posted, I would’ve found it. My memory of the thread is a bit off, but this is the one I was referring too, with bob Lang being the book I wanted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 Langs book is a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 Welcome to the forum Adam! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 You beat me to it, I thought it was Bob Lang. But now that you've posted we'll look forward to hearung more from you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Agrund Posted August 21, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Mark J said: You beat me to it, I thought it was Bob Lang. But now that you've posted we'll look forward to hearung more from you. It’a slooowww road, I picked the wrong time in life to start a hobby I have no previous experience in. With two kids under two, I barely have enough time to finish a thought let alone cut a piece of wood. But I do manage to squeak 30 min here or there when something absolutely needs done, and I usually spend the last hr of my night winding down reading the net soaking up info in hopes one day I might actually be able to put the stuff I’m reading to good use. Thank you guys for the quick responses! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 Time to make children sized table and chairs, toy boxes, little wooden cars, etc. Make them now so you can make something else when the grandkids arrive. Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 34 minutes ago, Ronn W said: Time to make children Got interrupted reading the first bit and had to do a double take. Thought that was a bold suggestion. Back on subject...Bob Lang is a member here and has proven to be helpful and approachable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 Once you've drawn up your cabinets, and know all the frontal sizes of the drawers, go ahead, and order the slides you want. Make a practice box, or two before you make the final ones. You will learn something on the first few you make, and hang. It would be a good idea to have the appliances on hand too. Sometimes it's good to measure how oven doors drop open, and such, so they won't interfere with anything next to them. When setting drawer slides in cabinet boxes, I rip a piece of plywood the right width for the top slides to rest on while being screwed in place. Then that same piece of plywood is ripped to work under the next drawer down, and so forth. If they have face frames, I like to set the drawer slides first, and then mount the face frames. There are fancy things you can buy, or make, but this simple method is foolproof for getting them all just right to start with. If you're making the cabinets in your house, and they don't have to be moved around a lot before being installed, butt joints are just fine, especially for the base cabinet boxes. Plan ahead so you have no plywood edges showing. I built cabinets for all the new houses I built over 33 years of doing that, and I never looked at a book about cabinet making. Not saying it wouldn't be good to have, but I mostly just looked at others to see how they were put together, and figured the rest out on my own. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agrund Posted August 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 21 hours ago, Tpt life said: Got interrupted reading the first bit and had to do a double take. Thought that was a bold suggestion. Haha! that’s what got us in to the current situation. Always agreed 2 kids, maybe 3 keeping an open mind for what life brings. # 2 just came about a yr and a half before my wife wanted because, well, life! Unorganized chaos, that’s what a 20 month and 3 month is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agrund Posted August 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 20 hours ago, Tom King said: I built cabinets for all the new houses I built over 33 years of doing that, and I never looked at a book about cabinet making. Not saying it wouldn't be good to have, but I mostly just looked at others to see how they were put together, and figured the rest out on my own. For the moment I’m just cobbling together a rearrangement of existing cabinets for a new layout of the kitchen, and I have 2 spots where I need to build non-standard sized cabinets I’ve already built one upper cabinet, it isn’t pretty but it gets the job done. I did pocket screws to hold back sides and face frame on, dado’d for the bottom and top. Someone already pointed out that I did it “wrong” in the way my back is solid plywood, I didn’t inset the back and use a piece of 1/2” ply at top and bottom for screwing to wall. My biggest obstacle now is I can’t figure out what to make the two doors from To minimize work, I’m using all existing doors I can. They are a solid mdf panel with a veneer attached. I don’t know how to replicate that in a solid piece that’s simple construction that won’t warp like crazy. It’s all gel stained, but the stuff is thick Enough it looks more like paint than stain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 54 minutes ago, Agrund said: Haha! that’s what got us in to the current situation. Always agreed 2 kids, maybe 3 keeping an open mind for what life brings. # 2 just came about a yr and a half before my wife wanted because, well, life! Unorganized chaos, that’s what a 20 month and 3 month is. You do know how that happens? Right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Agrund Posted August 23, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 11 minutes ago, RichardA said: You do know how that happens? Right? I was under the wrong impression. After 2, I now have a clear understanding Sure as hell happens a lot easier when you’re not trying. Took 5 months with the first. We got two nights in month and half span that we successfully got my daughter to sleep in her crib instead of our room. Turns out we celebrated just a little too much. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Agrund said: I was under the wrong impression. After 2, I now have a clear understanding Are you sure? Need to test that theory one more time? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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