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One of my passions is casework. I don’t know why I enjoy this facet of woodworking so much but I do. I’ve started learning how to build kitchen cabinetry by building the cabinets for my garage shop. These are made of poplar which is a cheaper hardwood that I can get at the local home store. And I didn’t want to spend too much time finishing them so I just put on a couple coats of polyurethane. I’m not done yet, and the bottom cabinets in this picture aren’t installed yet. I’m trying to figure out a way to incorporate a dust collection floor sweep into the kick panel. I’ll post more pictures when I figure it out.

I’ve used Building Kitchen Cabinets by Udo Schmidt as a guide and it has some very useful, practical information for anyone attempting this sort of project.

-- Dan, San Diego, CA


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dsb1829

117 posts in 117 days


posted 99 days ago

Looks great. I am a fan of the lower priced wood at the big box stores. Great for my entry level practice. I would recommend some levelers on the bottom of the cabinets. The guys pouring concrete are not big on perfectly level, so you end up out of alignment when you put nice square cabinets on this uneven surface. The levelers on my cabinets have come in very handy. My last garage had a low spot that required about 2in of elevation across my 12’ section of benches.

-- Doug, woodworking in Alabama

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Bigbuck

884 posts in 153 days


posted 99 days ago

Looks great. Just as a side note you may want to look into buying S2S (surfaced on the faces, the edges are still rough) lumber from a hardwood dealer as you can generally get it for much cheaper and milling it up your self. Of course you have to joint the edges which can be done with a router, table saw or of course a jointer. Anyway your shop is looking good, nice cabinets.

-- Glenn, New Mexico

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CharlieM1958

4211 posts in 708 days


posted 99 days ago

These cabinets look first-rate in my book. I’d say you are ready to take on the kitchen.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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dennis mitchell

2945 posts in 804 days


posted 99 days ago

Humm I found Poplar at home despot to be twice the price of what I pay at a wholesaler. Nice cabinets. You could post those on Homerefurbers.com also.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

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thetimberkid

1535 posts in 193 days


posted 99 days ago

Looking good!

Thanks for the post

Callum

-- Look great, get your TTK merchandise now! http://www.printfection.com/thetimberkid/ Check out my site http://thetimberkid.blogspot.com/

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Lee A. Jesberger

2766 posts in 469 days


posted 99 days ago

Hi Dan;

You did an excellent job here.

Next time my wife wants a new kitchen, I’m calling you!

Very nice work!

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

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griff

446 posts in 251 days


posted 99 days ago

Great looking cabinets,
Most people paint poplar, but i like it stained a sealed it has some great looking colors.
Great build.

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

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Texasgaloot

367 posts in 190 days


posted 99 days ago

Keep the great projects coming!

-- There's no tool like an old tool...

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trifern

4105 posts in 257 days


posted 99 days ago

With a shop that nice, my family would never see me unless they visited.

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

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brianinpa

734 posts in 212 days


posted 98 days ago

Those cabinets look like they will hold a bunch of tools. Any though as to what you are going to use for the counter top?

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

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ND2ELK

2485 posts in 263 days


posted 98 days ago

Great looking cabinets for the shop. You have done a nice job on them. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

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suliman

201 posts in 294 days


posted 98 days ago

You did an excellent job here.
it look like aprofetinal cabinets.
you have hands to make good cabinents

-- Suliman , Syria, jablah ,

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jeanmarc

1753 posts in 206 days


posted 79 days ago

Great looking cabinets,

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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cabinetmaster

101 posts in 48 days


posted 33 days ago

What a shop. You could go to work for a cabinet shop anytime by the looks of those cabinets. Very nice job. I work in a cabinet shop and I wish I had the time to make cabinets for my shop. But then again, I don’t have much room for too many cabinets. I have a rather small home workshop.

-- A man can never have enough tools

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