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The Gold Mine
Pixelhugger:
DADO JOINTS!! It's about freaking time!! So glad to see a cabinet built like a....
cabinet! Fantastic woodworking KrawDaddy - gotta be the best I've seen on any project here. 100 yrs? You're kidding yourself... plenty of less solid stuff from the turn of the century is still in use. That piece of work'll last at least 500. Come to think of it, the glue between the plys will deteriorate before your joints loosen up! KUDOS! I am SO glad to see woodwork like this being done here.
Pixelhugger:
BTW is that a kayak or a surfboard on the wall (a few pics back)?
KrawDaddy:
Hey Pixel
Its a Kayak! Ya I like the Dado Joints, Theres no magic about building this cabinet, everybodys using all these crazy tools and L Brackets. L Brackets; what the hey are they? ???
I have found that DADO joints to be very strong and self aligning. Youll never use an L Bracket again. To cut them I set my depth to a 1/4in on my router and run it along a fence (3 dollar peice of angle iron) clamped to the board.
I fact the only tool I usually use to build a cabinet is a router and a four foot piece of 2" angle iron. Although I fire up the table saw for my end panel bevel cuts. If you use a circular saw to build your cabinet, your making a mistake. There are router bits that will accomplish amazing things.
BobbyG66:
That cab is PHAT, er I mean FAT.
It looks real sturdy, great design.
KrawDaddy:
Heres the jig I used for my Marquee