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Installed my first project
(lemmy.world)
My first project is really coming together!
Built a set of drawers cabinets to my wife's specs for the closet. Still have uppers, face frame and overlay fronts to do, but the garage was too full to keep going.
4ft (122cm) tall bank of drawers with full extension soft close undermount slides. 88in.(222cm) wide.
Feel free to make fun of the 2x4 toe kick! Rest assured I've learned my lesson.
All cuts made with my portable DeWalt table saw after breaking down sheets with my Ryobi circular saw and a harbor freight clamp as an edge guide.
I started by attempting to screw the cabinets together, but this cheap birch split immediately even with pilot holes (you can see the blowout that settled the matter on the right side of the stretcher on the left cabinet).
I immediately ordered a massca pocket hole jig.
It worked great, but between the wood and the bit it came with, there was a lot of raggedy tear out even when taking multiple shallow plunges.
On the drawers, I started with glue and brads with the narrow stack, following the simple method I saw in several videos (hat tip to bourbon moth on youtube for convincing me I could do this), cutting off the entire dado on the back piece. The ¼in drawer bottoms were definitely too flimsy for that method on the wide drawers, so I notched the corners for the slides and used pocket holes so I could still remove the bottom if the crappy lauan fails.
I really gotta find a better lumber place for the next project.