Office Cabinet

Very nice. I recently used pocket hole and was also impressed. I might have tried to make it so the bigger doors were on the bottom, it kind of looks top heavy with the big doors on top, anyway still looks good. Thanks for posting.

-- Alan, Prince George

Looks very nice. I like the color choice.

-- I don't make mistakes, only design changes....www.dgmwoodworks.com

Curious as to what your biggest PITA was when putting faces & doors on an already established box? I have a similar project in line. Did you find it easy enough to make the pocket holes within the existing carcass?

I like the style and is very clean. Great job!

-- Brad, Oregon- Wood, it's what's for dinner.

super Job looks great

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

I just used pocket holes on my latest project (not posted here yet), and as long as the rails and stiles are cut square and the same length, it really seems to go together square very easily. Those look great. Hiding mistakes with paint isn’t a bad thing, it’s the best way to really learn. Next time when you want to make something that isn’t painted, you may not make the same mistakes.

-- - In the end, everything will be okay. If it isn't okay, it isn't the end yet.

Thanks for the comments, all.

mtkate, the face frame was the biggest PITA that I faced with this project and took the most to figure out. Basically I took careful measurements ensuring the face would fit the way I wanted, then cut, drilled the pockets and assembled the perimeter and and two long center rails (of the face frame) in the shop. Then it wouldn’t fit through the door. So I disassembled, brought it inside and reassembled. Jeff is right, if the pieces are cut square it goes together pretty square.

I had installed side trim pieces to the cabinet first to have a finished edge to fit to and more surface to attach to. I hung the frame from a couple of Irwin squeeze clamps from the top of the box to get it into rough position and screwed in the three cross pieces (all pre cut and pre drilled). That made it reasonably rigid but still flexible enough to cheat into position where needed. Then it’s all careful positioning, glue on every mating surface and a brad nailer (I love that thing) to hold it in place ‘til the glue dried. It’s almost impossible to clamp but I was able to squeeze clamp it to the 1×4 side trim to help hold it in place. I considered using biscuits for alignment Norm style but I couldn’t seem to make sense of it and didn’t want to screw up the whole thing trying.

I don’t know if I did it the best way but it worked. Good luck with yours.

Thanks! Hearing/reading lessons learned is the best part of this web site. Putting large face frames together and forgetting whether or not they would fit through the door is something right up my alley. :) My biggest challenge is always cutting things square. I suspect I have a substandard miter gauge and rail guard so even if it starts out (measured) at perfect square something always “readjusts” itself.