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  #271  
Old Wed 22 May 2013, 21:03
domino11
Just call me: Heath
 
Cornwall, Ontario
Canada
The free version of cabinet parts pro looks interesting.
The full version is not that bad price wise either.
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  #272  
Old Thu 23 May 2013, 06:05
darren salyer
Just call me: Darren #101
 
Wentzville mo
United States of America
That's one on my list...
I should just crawl before I walk, but I'd really like to have one program that can do 3-D renderings for clients as well.
It is very counter productive designing in one program for a presentation rendering and then having to use another for the cut files....
What I'm doing now is probably the slowest way possible, but I'm learning a lot.
At 48 years old, and a carpenter my entire career, I never dreamed I'd be woodworking in three decimal points.....
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  #273  
Old Thu 23 May 2013, 15:12
Robert M
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Lac-Brome, Qc
Canada
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" I never dreamed I'd..... "
See.....dreams to come true
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  #274  
Old Thu 23 May 2013, 15:27
darren salyer
Just call me: Darren #101
 
Wentzville mo
United States of America
I guess the correct term is "to three decimal places".
EasyCab
CabinetPlanner
and CabinetPartsPro
are currently on my short list for cost vs. value....
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  #275  
Old Thu 23 May 2013, 18:28
pblackburn
Just call me: Pete #98
 
South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
I know what you mean. I had drawn it up in cad in 3d with the layout of the room then had to explode each and export the dxf of the cabinets to bring into Aspire to layout. There has to be an easier why but I haven't found it yet.
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  #276  
Old Sun 23 June 2013, 15:50
pblackburn
Just call me: Pete #98
 
South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
Darren, How do you tint the epoxy? I love looking at the tables but I am a little timid of the process?
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  #277  
Old Mon 24 June 2013, 00:33
Axel1966
Just call me: Axel
 
Paris
France
Hi, I use Fine Arts oil paint to tint the epoxy.
You have a wider range of tints and subtil or vivid colors.
The oil paint keep the Epoxy transluscent.
If you want an opaque tint, add some marble dust.

The tint and the dust may be mixed first with the hardener.
When the coumpound is uniform, mix it with the resin.

Last edited by Axel1966; Mon 24 June 2013 at 00:36..
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  #278  
Old Mon 24 June 2013, 06:11
darren salyer
Just call me: Darren #101
 
Wentzville mo
United States of America
Axel is exactly right about the process.
If you need more color than 1 pour will provide, mix the color into enough part B for the entire job.
Believe me, if you can build a MM, you can do this.
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  #279  
Old Mon 24 June 2013, 06:15
darren salyer
Just call me: Darren #101
 
Wentzville mo
United States of America
First kitchen with plywood cabinet boxes cut 100% on MM with vacuum holddown.

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  #280  
Old Mon 24 June 2013, 06:45
Axel1966
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Paris
France
Nice job Daren !
How type of joinery did you used : dadoes ? rabbets ? hardware ?
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  #281  
Old Mon 24 June 2013, 15:55
darren salyer
Just call me: Darren #101
 
Wentzville mo
United States of America
The boxes are put together out of parts cut similar to post 268 above.
Then I drill them on my Kreg jig and pocket screw them together.
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  #282  
Old Mon 24 June 2013, 20:02
javeria
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Bangalore
India
Neat , nice and Beautiful Daren!
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  #283  
Old Tue 25 June 2013, 03:05
Andrew_standen
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Dorset
United Kingdom
Looks good, so good that my wife already has me down to do ours now !
Andrew
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  #284  
Old Tue 25 June 2013, 19:34
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
Darren, is that new construction or remodeled existing? Reason I ask is it looks like everything in the room is square and level and you did not have a lot of shimming. Looks good though.
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  #285  
Old Tue 25 June 2013, 19:47
Regnar
Just call me: Russell #69
 
Mobile, Alabama
United States of America
Daren,
Just out of curiosity why didn't you split the Pantry and surround the Fridge?

Looks like a Pots and Pans drawer setup to. I loved mine and only wished I added another one for plates and pyrex.
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  #286  
Old Tue 25 June 2013, 19:59
darren salyer
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Wentzville mo
United States of America
The house is about 25 yrs. old but everything is pretty plumb level and square.
I presented a plan with a split pantry, but this is the one the homeowner chose.
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  #287  
Old Tue 25 June 2013, 20:03
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
Boy I feel old, I remember when a Pantry was a room!!!
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  #288  
Old Tue 25 June 2013, 20:31
Regnar
Just call me: Russell #69
 
Mobile, Alabama
United States of America
For some reason I thought this was for yourself. Either way the quality of work looks good. They should be very happy with them for years to come.
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  #289  
Old Wed 26 June 2013, 06:22
darren salyer
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Wentzville mo
United States of America
I'll get some more pics as we progress.
Seriously looking at cabinet software now, looks like we'll be doing another in the same neighborhood.
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  #290  
Old Thu 27 June 2013, 04:45
WFY
Just call me: Buzz #60
 
Pembroke, Ontario
Canada
Cabinet software

Buzz #60
One software that you might want to look at is Mozaik. It is very good for cabinet joinery and construction with different material thickness. For CNC it rents for $125.00 a month.
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  #291  
Old Thu 27 June 2013, 18:15
timberlinemd
Just call me: Steve #66
 
Arizona
United States of America
Quote:
Originally Posted by WFY View Post
Buzz #60
One software that you might want to look at is Mozaik. It is very good for cabinet joinery and construction with different material thickness. For CNC it rents for $125.00 a month.
Made by the same people who invented 'Cabinet Vision'.
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  #292  
Old Thu 27 June 2013, 20:06
darren salyer
Just call me: Darren #101
 
Wentzville mo
United States of America
Hmmm,
I HATE the concept of a monthly rental fee on software, but I poked around the Mozaik site and I really like what I'm seeing.
Design, layout, pricing, cutlists, panel optimization and g-code output all in one is tempting.
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  #293  
Old Thu 27 June 2013, 20:21
pblackburn
Just call me: Pete #98
 
South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
That is really a time based decision. How much time and money is it going to generate for you, not how much it is going to cost you. If your main business is cabinets, it may very well be worth the cost. Only you will be able to tell as you know your numbers and we don't. Work it out on paper. Just like the bits that cost four times the price of a mid grade, they run better, faster. Last the same amount of time but more product out the door so more profit offsets the cost of the bit. I view software the same way.

Hope this helps.
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  #294  
Old Thu 27 June 2013, 20:30
darren salyer
Just call me: Darren #101
 
Wentzville mo
United States of America
I know.... I know.....
It was easier for me to shell out 2k for Aspire than swallow an ongoing $125/Mo.
Looking at the hours I spent drawing everything in Aspire, $125 is pocket change.
I just hate that it really isn't ever mine. Just my thought process....
If it was the same price as Aspire, I'd already own it.
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  #295  
Old Mon 08 July 2013, 18:11
darren salyer
Just call me: Darren #101
 
Wentzville mo
United States of America
Cutting 4 radius templates for the supplier I mentioned in post #4 a lifetime ago.
He now drops off a months supply of material, and I pull it off the rack to cut the templates he emails to me along with a PO. He picks them up next day, I email an invoice to them, they mail me a check.
Not sexy, but bread and butter work that will more than pay for the machine in time.

For those contemplating a build, things like this will happen with a little networking and some samples dropped at a few places, to "prime the pump".
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  #296  
Old Sat 13 July 2013, 19:53
timberlinemd
Just call me: Steve #66
 
Arizona
United States of America
Here's another. Priced right and does DXF and has a optimizer.

http://cabinetplanner.com/
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  #297  
Old Sat 13 July 2013, 21:01
darren salyer
Just call me: Darren #101
 
Wentzville mo
United States of America
I mentioned CabinetPlanner in post 274 as being on my shortlist, and then kind of forgot about it.
Thanks for the reminder, Steve.
I'll probably spring for it first of August, so I can get some time under my belt before the next kitchen starts.
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  #298  
Old Sun 14 July 2013, 20:00
darren salyer
Just call me: Darren #101
 
Wentzville mo
United States of America
Still waiting on backsplash tiles and cabinet handles, but essentially done for a while now....

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  #299  
Old Sun 14 July 2013, 21:35
jessyjames
Just call me: James
 
Reno, Nevada
United States of America
Darren outstanding job you have done here. I appreciate the updates with this project.
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  #300  
Old Tue 16 July 2013, 12:53
Andrew_standen
Just call me: Andrew #109
 
Dorset
United Kingdom
Very nice work Darren
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