July 2011

Adriana's Cabinet - Getting Start with the build in the garage in Florida

I started construction of the cabinet in the garage of our house in Florida, which is where I had my shop set up at the time. These are the shots I took of wood prep, and the case layout and construction. 

Rough cut parts on the garage floor
On top of the box, armoire leg blanks, cherry for drawer fronts, sycamore parts. The long slab on the floor is for my workbench project, which I started at the same time.
 Sycamore case parts cut to thickness
After a long delay, sycamore case parts cut and thicknessed
 Panels glued up for case sides, top...
Glued up panels for the sycamore case sides, bottom, subtop, and the cherry top
 Cutlist with some case parts
Cutlist with some case parts, at over 120 parts, by far my most complex project
 Figuring out the sidewall dadoes...
Even with a Sketchup model, the sidewall layout was better done on paper
 Cutting top tenons on case sides
Finally cutting joinery, top tenons for the case side wall
Layout of bottom tenons and rear...
Next, I laid out the bottom tenons and rear rebate
 Transferring shelf dadoes to the...
Full case side laid out, including the shelf dadoes