A few years back I bought an Arduino Uno after stumbling upon some magical YouTube videos that highlighted the possibilities of the microprocessor. Basically, an Arduino is a tiny computer, capable of unending functions based on code inputs and attached hardware. I’ve got some mind blowing projects in mind that will really add to the functionality and data logging of our homestead. (more…)
Now that the carcass has been assembled and the face frames have been attached and the drawers are all installed, we’re ready to continue our kitchen cabinet build by making the cabinet door frames and the drawer faces. The frames will be half- lapped joints with a 1/2″ plywood panel housed in a 1/2″ x 1/2″ rabbet in the rails and stiles of the door. The drawer faces will simply be edge laminated 1x lumber dimensioned at our openings – 1/8″. (more…)
I needed to make more drawers for the kitchen cabinets that we’re building. At the conclusion of part 3 I had only finished four, or half of the amount we needed for our cabinet. The process for the rest of the drawers is quite similar to part three, with the only distinction being that the dimensions were different. (more…)
After the face frame was complete and installed on the kitchen cabinet carcass it was time to move on to the kitchen drawers. These kitchen cabinet drawers were installed in much the same dfashion as the carcass itself. (more…)
Moving along with our kitchen cabinets build, today I set out to make the cabinet face frame. This isn’t an astonishingly difficult task, but I was apprehensive because of the fact that this is where the money’s at as far as cabinets are concerned. With the carcass, any small mistakes can be covered up by the countertop, the drawers and the face frame. If you screw up the cabinet face frame, there’s not many options for rectifying it. (more…)
The days of our Menards garage shelving, defacto kitchen storage are over. Well, almost. I am incredibly happy to share with you that we’ve begun construction on our kitchen cabinets!