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Well howdy all, this is a pantry unit for a kitchen remodel job I'm doing. I haven't built kitchen cabinets in almost 15 years, I know my projects show a kitchen job from about 6 months ago, but the cabinets were made in China and I just put them together, installed them and did the stone work, and built the dining table. But this job I'm doing it all, cabinets and granite tops. This is the first cabinet to go in, I built a 4 X 8 vacuum table for doing large panels and had a helluva time getting it to seal properly, I ended up making teflon guides to fit on the end of a silicone caulking tube that laid out a 3/8 wide square bead of silicone to form a double gasket on the top frame that sits on the 3" wide neoprene gasket that is attached to the table top. It took 6 tries and 10 tubes of silicone to eventually get it right. I was going to write an article on how to do all this, but I just don't have time. I built the vacuum system too. The cabinets for this are made of plywood, veneered with curly maple and smoked eucalyptus stripes. Finished with Dupont catalyzed urethane, as you might be able to see, the gloss finish is amazing, doing only 4 coats. I wish you could all see it in person, so smooth and the deepest look, it really brings out the beauty of the wood, and is very durable. Nothing beats the catalyzed urethane for durability and looks, and is much quicker than other products that would take many more coats to achieve this. It is dry to the touch in 10 minutes or less, especially in this heat were having down here right now in Florida. I'll throw in a few pics of the vacuum table and system, I have the top on a pulley system so that it lifts up out of the way. I'll show the whole kitchen later when complete. The pantry will get stainless wire handles about 8 inches in length when they come in. Thanks for looking. - Dan