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Building instead of buying cabinets means not only cost savings but also better materials and a truly custom kitchen. This book shows anyone how to build a complete set of kitchen cabinets. Professional cabinetmaker Udo Schmidt covers the entire process, from preparing materials and selecting the right tools to finishing and installing hardware.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Overview But Flawed Formulas...,
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This review is from: Building Kitchen Cabinets (Paperback)
This is a good book for someone with good basic woodworking skills who wants to do a kitchen cabinet addition or modification but needs some help with design concepts unique to kitchen cabinetry. Unfortunately, you cannot rely upon all the formulas given in the book. Here are some examples:On pages 60 & 61 the formulas to determine rail length and panel height for raised panel doors are both incorrect due to a simple error showing a subtraction operation instead of an addition. Now that I've discovered these errors I've got a much lower level of confidence in other formulas used to determine part sizes--especially for those parts that I'd rather not cut too short! The publisher's website doesn't have a forum for discussion or posting of comments/errors. I could not locate the author's Email address or website. All-in-all this is a good book for illustrating concepts and describing shortcuts. The user needs to do their own thinking about the accuracy of any forumulas given in the book before making those final cuts.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Helpful book for kitchen cabinet builders,
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This review is from: Building Kitchen Cabinets (Paperback)
I found the book very helpful, especially when determining what sizes to build my cabinet drawer heights and door widths. The book provided guidance in finding the right proportions. One feature I appreciated was the "what can go wrong" notes with suggestions on how to fix the mistake. The photos and drawings are instructive and helped greatly in my planning. A previous reviewer noted an error on pages 60 & 61; the formula in my copy on page 60 is correct for determining rail length. I recommend the book to those wishing to build their own kitchen cabinets.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Straight Forward Useful Information, Very Well Organized,
By "hardlyworkin" (fl United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Building Kitchen Cabinets (Paperback)
This is the third book of its kind that I have purchased, and thankfully I now feel I have the necessary information to construct our new cabinets, thanks to this book. This is by far the best book of its type for me. It covers everything you can imagine and then some, as regards to kitchen cabinet construction. How to select materials, shop equipment, power tools, and gives you very good suggestions on how to go about the entire process, in a step by step fashion.The only subject he suggests you get more info on is finishing, suggesting entire books are written about this subject, but he does go on and give you his brief advice for finishing your cabinets. The photos in the book are excellent, and once again, the how to and tips on what to avoid and where to look for problems is spot on and very well done. I highly recommend this book to any and all amateur cabinet makers. I cannot say enough good about it, this book is exactly what was seeking all along. hope this helps;
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