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javeryh:
I forgot that it rains all the time this time of year. Not much progress made over the weekend due to weather. I did spend some time laying out all of the interior pieces and I bought the 1/2" MDF I'll be using for those panels as well as some maple strips for the interior battons. As soon as I get a sunny day it is off to the races.

All I've got is 4 side panels with t-molding slots and layout lines...

For these builds, I'm going to try something different (for me). I bought my first circular saw and I'm going to make a sawboard with a 90 degree lip for the straight cuts instead of using a jigsaw to rough cut and a router +straightedge to clean up the line. In theory this should save a lot of time since I just have to rip the 18" wide boards to the proper heights and I can be precise with the sawboard. Each cabinet only needs a few interior panels.

I'm also going to use my nail gun and some 1" brads for assembly instead of screwing in the battons. This way, I'll just be able to glue and nail in minutes instead of predrilling holes and worrying about the depth of the bit and fussing with the screws themselves, etc. I've never had to disassemble a cabinet in my life so I think it will be fine.

Another thing I'm debating is whether to assemble the cabinets and then paint or paint and then assemble. If I paint first, I will get a much more even coat with no brushstrokes at all since I can roll every panel right to the edge. But this makes assembly a pain because I lose all of the layout lines. Probably worth the extra hassle to get a better finish.

I suppose I could fire up Inkscape and try making the CP art to kill some time...

jennifer:
:)

javeryh:

--- Quote from: jennifer on April 12, 2021, 12:59:06 pm ---You may want to check your work after that skill saw cut, Even though it says 90deg, the plates on those are generally quite flimsy, and bend easily under stress... It took me awhile to figger that out, but what happens it the cut winds up not being truly square.

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If I rip the sawboard edge with my circular saw it shouldn't matter how "off" it is from the fence because I'll be lining up the newly cut edge 90 degrees to the workpiece. Or am I not thinking about this correctly?

jennifer:
:)

javeryh:

--- Quote from: jennifer on April 12, 2021, 01:25:54 pm ---Guess I am a little confused...What Jenn is saying if you look at the back of your saw, (where the power cord is), and look at the square of the blade to that plate it is probably not a nice 90deg like the gauge says, in fact if you grab that plate and flex it it will most likely even bend...Skill saws are awesome tools for ripping large sheets into manageable pieces and close cuts, but not so much for precision, But your router is and is fully capable of a nice square edge, as you probably already know.

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Oh... so you are saying the blade might not be 90 degrees to the surface (not straight up and down)? Whereas the router bits are definitely 90 degrees. Hmmm... I didn't even think of that. I bought a deWalt saw so hopefully it's at least OK out of the box.

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