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.

Neat , nice and Beautiful Daren!

Looks good, so good that my wife already has me down to do ours now !
Andrew

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.

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.

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.

Boy I feel old, I remember when a Pantry was a room!!! :o

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.

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.

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.

Made by the same people who invented 'Cabinet Vision'.

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.

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.

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.

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".

Here's another. Priced right and does DXF and has a optimizer.

http://cabinetplanner.com/

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.

Still waiting on backsplash tiles and cabinet handles, but essentially done for a while now....

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...ps894d59a4.jpg

Darren outstanding job you have done here. I appreciate the updates with this project.

Very nice work Darren

nice work. its the second time i see the microwave over the stove, i dont see any stractor or air cleaner on that .. or simply nobody use the stove to cook.. or nobody cares about the smoke and vapors.

Fernando, there is a fan/vent built into the microwave.

Thanks for the kind words.
The customer loves it , which is best of all.
I keep vacillating between CabinetPlanner and CabinetPartsPro.....
decisions decisions....

Darren,

What don't you like about cabinetplanner?

Nils, thanks for asking the question.
For whatever reason, I liked the "look" of CPP a little better, but when forced to think seriously to answer your question, I couldn't come up with a single thing I dislike about CabinetPlanner.
So, there it is, I'm off to download CabinetPlanner.:)

Darren,

I didn't mean to push you in one direction....

I looked at CPP and it does have nice screens. I might try the free version.

You didn't push me anywhere except to quit procrastinating.
I needed to decide in order to get some time behind the wheel before I need to go to work with either program.

Very nice indeed! Cheers!

I purchased Cabinet Planner the other day. For the price, why not. I'm very surprised at how much it does.

Hi Steve,
I saw your intro post on their forum a couple days ago.
I pulled the trigger, but haven't done much more than register it, and start reading the manual.

Do you know 3d generator cabinet planner? Looks easy to work at the video demonstration. I'm also looking for that kind of software...

http://www.truncad.de/EN/3dgenerator/

I've never seen that one, Paulo.

Had to spend a Saturday in the shop working on a customer project I'm behind on through no fault of my own....
Thought I'd take a few minutes to toolpath some brackets for a shelf for the shop radio....
Beauty of a MM? No such thing as scrap anymore.

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...psc4f6886f.jpg

Man that sure looks great. Nice job!

Nice!
 

Very Nice indeed.. someday for me i will stop drafting stuff i want to make and start making it lol. Still building my shop at home..

As I alluded to in post #253, I'd like to redo my spraybooth wall to look like an old rusty iron façade.
To get started, I drew up a couple of simple frames to hold a piece of .220 Plexiglass which will become the windows to look into the booth.
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7a80696f.jpg

These are 12"x18" inside, made of 3/4" MDF scraps and some 1/2" button head plugs.

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...psf0984c73.jpg

Before the iron patina.
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7e59aa52.jpg
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...psd255c724.jpg

brackets need a couple more coats of paint, but here they are mocked up on the shelf, which is on its back on the workbench.
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1f5806e1.jpg
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...psc0bf2852.jpg

lot of fun... wish to have my machine working. but not so far, already got my motors turning...