Jim Hall wrote:
Nice, Karl..! Color matching with table looks perfect.. Looks like it
was part of original dining room set..! That's the first time I've seen
the face frame attached so early in the case construction. I can see
the advantage of being able to clamp face frame, particularly mullion
more easily and efficiently to carcase. Which of course you couldn't if
back was attached first. Interesting. Thanks for sharing. Always
learn something from your pictures.. -Jim
Hey Jim,
It is a very efficient way to make a bunch of cabinets, like when doing
a kitchen, but probably not the best method for freestanding projects
like hutches, where frame and panel would be a more traditional method
for a hutch ... and, I would have normally used another method for the
casework.
In this case it was done this way because I did two identical hutches at
the same time, one going in a kitchen (with a built-in toe kick and
installed as you would any kitchen base and wall cabinet); and the other
which was to be freestanding and to be used in a dining room.
(The mother of the kitchen client saw the 3D drawings of her daughter's
kitchen I did and ordered a hutch for her own dining room " ... just
like the one going in her daughter's kitchen"!)
Ask, and you shall receive ...
Knowing this, it made sense to do both the carcasses at the same time as
part of a production run of cabinets for the kitchen, while material was
on hand and the shop and machines were setup for the kitchen job.
The only difference between the FF for the two is the bottom rail of the
one pictured is 1" wider than the one going in the kitchen, so it
could be set on a separately made base. And of course one cabinet has a
toe kick built in, and a counter top to match the rest of the kitchen,
and the other is on a tradional cabinet base and has a wooden "counter top"
However, when all is said and done, only another cabinetmaker would know
that the freestanding hutch is basically a modified kitchen base cabinet
with a top.
And thanks for the kind words!!
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