Building kitchen cabinets. Video series.

[Jeff Zanin]

Nice job, more most excellent videos.  It is great that you were able to re-shoot parts where your overhead camera stopped working, that must have been frustrating.

The problems that you run into and solve make these videos very realistic and believable, especially for amateur woodworkers like myself. 

While I enjoy the perfect / professional videos typically created by manufacturers, for me it is much more beneficial and encouraging to see problems discovered and fixed as in the erock videos, since that is what happens regularly in my work.

You have a great combination of skill and style, keep it up.

Jeff

 

[otis04]

What is the hose setup in your shop?  It looks like you have it attached to the ceiling with the vac against the wall.  Is this accurate?  Was thinking about the boom arm but this looks better for a fixed shop setup.

Love the videos.  Subscribed to your channel after the LR32 video series.

 

[erock]

What is the hose setup in your shop?  It looks like you have it attached to the ceiling with the vac against the wall.  Is this accurate?  Was thinking about the boom arm but this looks better for a fixed shop setup.

Love the videos.  Subscribed to your channel after the LR32 video series.

  Yes, very accurate.  The hose runs up the wall and hangs from my ceiling with bungie cords.  I have two 27mm x 3.5m hosed connected together because the first hose attached to the CT22 goes up the wall and my ceilings are 10' in the shop.  I thought about the boom arm for myself, but the price between the boom arm and the bungie cords was hard to pass up.  [wink]

Eric

 

[erock]

Great work. I really like how you do the builds.

I do have a question though. Where did you get your blue ruler from?  Makes for easy setup.

Great videos Eric.  I was also wondering about the blue ruler.  It caught my eye.

http://www.kregtool.com/MultiMark-Prodview.html

  Yeah…I love the Kreg multi mark.  It's my go-to measuring/marking tool while making cabinets.  I wish they made one a little longer.

Eric

 

[nclemmons]

The Kreg measuring tool looks nice.

I've been using this:

http://www.woodpeck.com/ottbenchrule2013.html#2153

Which unfortunately is a 'one time tool' but it is very handy and similar to the Kreg tool.  Eric, they did offer it in both 6 and 12" versions so maybe something to keep your eye out if they bring the tool back.

neil

 

[GreenGA]

I missed that when they were taking orders. That said, if one were to use Woodpeck's 2" Rulestop attached to one of their Woodworking Rules, you could have one of 4 different length rulers to help in measuring. I use the 6" rule and the rulestop most of the time, but the 12" rule comes in handy at other times.

http://www.woodpeck.com/rulestop2.html
http://www.woodpeck.com/woodworkingrules.html

The Kreg measuring tool looks nice.

I've been using this:

http://www.woodpeck.com/ottbenchrule2013.html#2153

Which unfortunately is a 'one time tool' but it is very handy and similar to the Kreg tool.  Eric, they did offer it in both 6 and 12" versions so maybe something to keep your eye out if they bring the tool back.

neil

 

[donwon]

Thanks for letting me know what the ruler is!

I had one more question, you mention that you cut 5 mm off the factory edge before cutting the final piece.  I know there have been other posts but do you take the parallel guides off each time you cut a sheet?  Seems like this could introduce errors and time!  Thanks!!

 

[Mark]

Bungie boom arm... yup that's my usual field setup that at least keeps the hose off the dirt and I move my vac around a lot so taking that thing on and off wouldn't be practical. I also use a small pulley that rides on a cord between two clamped to a beam. This gives the hose a bit more movement in the "x" as opposed to a single point of pivot.

Also thought about rigging a fishing pole support for field use that would clamp to the MFT or some other structure... like a fishing pole, you could collapse it down in segments and then stow it in your truck.

 

[erock]

Adding part 8 of this series.  This video covers how I cut the Mahogany to make the face frames for the base cabinets.

 

  Thanks for the support guys!!!

  Eric

 

[erock]

Thanks for letting me know what the ruler is!

I had one more question, you mention that you cut 5 mm off the factory edge before cutting the final piece.  I know there have been other posts but do you take the parallel guides off each time you cut a sheet?  Seems like this could introduce errors and time!  Thanks!!

Yeah, if you're doing one sheet at a time like I did it adds a little time to the process.  I do take the parallel guides off for that first cut off of 5mm.  But I've got used to using the guides so much it doesn't bother me. It may take me a extra 3 minutes to remove and install the guides when needed.  I could have stacked a couple sheets and cut two sheets at the same time, but I've never felt comfortable doing that.    For me, I'll take the extra time and safety of using the parallel guides over trying to feed a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood thru a table saw.  Especially the old 1970's craftsman's table saw that I use too have.  I've never had an issue with errors or getting inaccurate cuts from taking the guides off and on.  It just adds a little bit of time.  Of which I have plenty because I'm in no rush.  I'd rather take my time and stay focused at the task, then try to rush through it and make a costly mistake.   

For me, the most time consuming process of building the cabinets is the recording process.  Setting up the cameras, making sure what I want or need in the shot is in and trying not to fumble my words too much  [embarassed].  Then the editing process is more time added to the videos.  With all the time I've spent setting up the cameras and editing the last 8 videos, I could have the cabinets built already and installed !  [eek]

Eric

 

[mdelrossi]

[thumbs up] [not worthy]
Thanks
Great videos.

 

[tiralie]

Adding part 8 of this series.  This video covers how I cut the Mahogany to make the face frames for the base cabinets.

Well done series. I really like that T shirt.
Tim

 

[sakurama]

Yeah, that Festo shirt is cool!

Just to echo others you've done a great job and it's appreciated. Don't be shy about doing more of them as I find your videos very watchable and approachable. It also comes at a great time as I'm about to start my own kitchen cabinets so just seeing the whole process again was great.

Thanks!

Gregor

 

[Shakula]

Thanks for the work you put into these videos so far.
For a newb like me my favorites on youtube so far are yours and half-inch.

 

[armmim]

Thanks for the work you put into these videos so far.
For a newb like me my favorites on youtube so far are yours and half-inch.

I concur 100%. Thank you

 

[Caddis]

Thanks erock! As someone with 0 experience with woodworking since my high school woodshop classes 20+ years ago I find your video's incredibly helpful and exciting! I watched them all and can't wait for the coming day when I will get some festool's and start making some useful stuff.

 

[dicktill]

[thanks] Eric

Great work as always!

Regards, Dick

 

[erock]

  Top of the morning to you guys and girls ! !

Here is  Part 9.    This video shows me building the corner base cabinet.   

 

Thanks guys !   

Eric

 

[T.Tom]

A+ number one video as usual, Eric!  To echo previous comments, I appreciate the time and energy spent by you in making the videos!  Keep'em coming.

 

[jonny round boy]

Eric,

Great video (as always!), but I have a question:

I noticed it on the other cabs too - Why do you bother using pocket hole screws for the stretchers? Why not just screw through the end panel like you do for the base panels? It just seems like an extra unnecessary step.

OK, that's two questions.

And a statement. But you get the idea...

Jonathan