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DrewKaree:

--- Quote from: BrokenBones1 on July 19, 2005, 05:10:51 pm ---
However, if anything.... Being assembled stiffened the wood and stopped the wobbling that caused my first failure.


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I find stiffening the wood prior to assembly works better, otherwise it's like taking a wet noodle and..... ;)
mccoy178:
I cut the slot for the t molding when I drill the holes for the top of my cp.  At that point in the project, everything is still broken down.  I just clamp my pieces to my work bench and run the router around it.  Considering I feel handy at constructing these, I will admit that I had my bit on backwards also the first time I did this.  Talk about feeling like a stinking idiot.(Quite literally!)
Stingray:

--- Quote from: monkeybomb on July 19, 2005, 01:32:15 pm ---And for god sakes, buy enough before you start.  I JUST ran out and now I have a cabinet with half t-molding and half nothing. :'( 

I could have sworn I bought 100 feet, but it must have been 50.

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Wow, how big is your cab? I think I bought 20 feet and had 5 or 6 feet left over when I was finished.

-S
javeryh:

--- Quote from: mccoy178 on July 20, 2005, 04:04:47 pm ---I cut the slot for the t molding when I drill the holes for the top of my cp.
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Breaker:
Hi all,

I have to chime in on this one because I'm very close to getting started on my CAB and, in preparation, I've been practicing t-molding installation using a router, slot-cutting bit and some short pieces of t-molding.

What I found to be the most difficult part was centering the groove in the edge of the wood. I have a fairly decent B&W plunge router but it's not a professional unit so the degree of accuracy I have over the bit depth isn't great. I found that getting it close was no problem but adjusting to get it perfectly centered was virtually impossible. I would always end up being a little too high or a little to low - very frustrating.  If anyone has a trick for centering the slot-cutting bit I'd be glad to hear it.

Cheers,
Breaker.
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