KITCHEN CABINETS - BUILD or BUY? / CNC Kitchen Cabinets 

Thanks, Jim!

Thank you! Cheers!

Nice! We’re going for more of a natural walnut but need the shellac to pop the grain.

Thanks, Mike! 💪🏼

Thanks, Steve!

Well said! Thanks, Bill!

Hell yeah! Gonna be a good one.

Better subscribe this time! 😜

Thanks! Yes, we’re taking on some extra help at the moment.

For all intents and purposes these cabinets are exactly the same. Actually I’d say superior because of the blind dado construction! But I understand the dislike of CNC vs doing it yourself.

@@TodaysCraftsmen Thats interesting. They just don't look as sturdy, especially without nailers behind the back. I also use 1/2 inch for backers on upper cabinets with 3/4 nailers. So, I tend to overbuild. When I'm doing a job for a client, I don't want a single wobble or any racking whatsoever. Sure wish I could find a good supplier of that walnut plywood. Best I can get around here is prefinished maple.

Most CNC shops want to do full 3/4” backs because then you’re only dealing with 1 type of material.

@@TodaysCraftsmen That makes sense. I can barely spell CAD so I dang sure couldn't program it. LOL. I want to get one of the shaper origins just to add some different levels to my work. That seems a better starting point. You know us old dogs......new tricks and all.

Those shapers are pretty cool. We’d love to have one for certain situations.

I designed the kitchen from my own measurements. No designer or architect involved!

These stickers actually come off easy and clean. We’ve had ones that were a nightmare for sure. Upper sides have the bottom edges edgebanded and the bottom goes all the way back to the wall. We add a light rail so it’ll all be covered in the end anyway. The CNC guy didn’t drill the screw holes all the way through 😬 He’ll fix that for the next one 🤦‍♂️

@@TodaysCraftsmen Ah yes the CNC guy always gets the blame! I always blame it on the software or the machine. Do you happen to know what software he uses?

He’s getting the gcode right from Mozaik.

@@TodaysCraftsmen Thanks. Looking forward to seeing the next episode. Keep on keeping on !

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Thank you! It may be marginally cheaper dollar for dollar doing it yourself vs having it cut. The beauty is that it frees me up to do other things.

Made by our good friend Michael at Calavera Tool Works in Charleston, SC. Check him out!

Yup! That’s one of the advantages to euro frameless for sure.

You can expect to pay around $100/sheet plus material for CNC parts cutting. That’s in the Northeast at least. Some are more, some are less!

Our edgebanding supplier only has matches to all of the big laminate companies. If it’s a very distinct color we’ll try and find a very close match. Worst case scenario we would have to paint the edge banding but that would definitely be a change order. We’re using Wilsonart Frosty White on this one and the door are Benjamin Moore Dove White.

@@TodaysCraftsmen thanks v much 👍👍

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Not with 1/2” backs! We just drill right through the back

Haha burned? More like charred to a crisp 😂 I don’t see a CNC in this shop but down the road, yes.