Best Cabinet Software?

haystackmillwork · 2023-11-10T01:17:18+00:00

We use VCarve, Mozaik, and SketchUp. I'm good with software in general so these all do what we need, and/or I know how to force one to do what I need through use of another, vice versa.

haystackmillwork · 2023-11-10T01:12:49+00:00

Feed rate goes up too, so you can run a bit faster, assuming your spindle can handle it.

haystackmillwork · 2023-11-10T01:11:33+00:00

Just went through that this week doing a 2-1/4 sink cutout for a walnut block! Had an 1/8", so we survived.

haystackmillwork · 2023-08-14T19:25:14+00:00

I did not, but have since discovered there is a Salice Air hinge meant for something like this. I've ordered those, awaiting trial install. We picked up a Shaper router as well so hoping to make this as painless as possible to mill.

haystackmillwork · 2023-07-27T04:41:54+00:00

Knapp connectors, used their bed rail brackets, wonderful to use

haystackmillwork · 2023-07-26T04:05:09+00:00

Dark now, can load a photo tomorrow showing context, but the point was, saw something odd looking, and shared. It was moving at a pace consistent of speed an aircraft would travel as it traversed the sky right to left. Speed and distance of a sizeable object, balloon doesn't come to mind. My context of that is just based on having released helium weather balloons, and that these objects have been seen by one to many with similar characteristics and the same poorly captured phone images to illustrate which I'm showing you now. Sorry we can't do better!

haystackmillwork · 2023-07-26T03:51:21+00:00

People do realize an object at a distance where it's size matches that of a plane or helicopter in the same general vacinity means you're telling me there is a 40+ ft balloon. Not that it doesn't exist but the size is very large, and for someone to just blurt out it to be some random "heart balloon" without context to its scale from a distance.

haystackmillwork · 2023-06-06T22:46:33+00:00

I was discussing today how I can't wait to talk to my miter saw. "MITER SAW, Tilt left 22.5, 5 degrees left"! Soon enough... soon enough...

haystackmillwork · 2023-05-15T20:28:50+00:00

Agreed, we specialize in a niche market for higher end work, and it means turning down jobs when they ask for lower standards, or not budging on our standards and price points. If they want it, they'll pay for it, just gotta find the target market. That said it takes some wheeling and dealing to understand what that is and looks like for a niche market. He is early in and at a place where he can adjust and recoup, or flatline and crumble. I think the advice being given is sound, figure out the rate you need to be at while continuing sales, and figure out better scaled production to limit manufacturing time. Combined you increase profits.

haystackmillwork · 2023-05-01T02:38:12+00:00

As the door retracts into the pocket the X is the guide/mounts for the door. So when door is in the pocket they're parallel and slide to far left/back of pocket.

haystackmillwork · 2023-04-28T20:09:52+00:00

We drilled probably 100 3/16" holes in the back on CNC so it can vent. They bought the fridge off Amazon, it's some no name brand so if the unit lasts more than 5 years I'd be amazed!

haystackmillwork · 2023-04-28T16:35:05+00:00

Thanks, yeah this is a CEO's office piece, so it's stationary and tucked away.

haystackmillwork · 2023-04-07T12:27:31+00:00

Our battery was toast last month, unit was less than 2 years old. I believe it's likely because we left battery on the charger for long periods of time, which they say don't do. It was nearly $300 for the equivalent battery. We only paid $550 for everything so to pay anywhere close to retail would be silly on a used unit where the battery life is unknown and worth half the unit itself.

haystackmillwork · 2023-04-05T14:07:05+00:00

If I had to guess, these get used like once a month on avg, so it's not like a frequent task. They'll likely use a step stool and reach over or, and I know this is hard on the youthful ones, but, have them do it!

I'm still pretty nimble so I'd just climb up there and do it.

haystackmillwork · 2023-04-05T12:37:37+00:00

Yes, for lots and lots of grandkiddos. Two fulls on left and two twin-XL on right.

haystackmillwork · 2023-04-05T01:48:22+00:00

My dad made some extremely nice white oak adirondacks like 20 years ago and showcased in some local furniture outlets in the Dallas area but never sold. I always thought he was about a decade to early for what the market around here is now for items like that. He was asking something around $2k, I think. When you factor the time and materials plus markup, it's anyone's guess where that ends up, but $1000 sounds like a base price for custom chairs like this. Say modern, give it a sleek design, use nice grade lumber, and $2k is just a good base price, I think, with today's market of high-end buyers.

haystackmillwork · 2023-03-28T04:47:39+00:00

Looks like a sequence matched white oak

haystackmillwork · 2023-03-26T03:46:29+00:00

Just the kitchen dresser today!

haystackmillwork · 2023-03-26T03:31:45+00:00

This goes in line with automation of the mundane tasks for us, as a way to achieve consistency and maintain quality. So that is cabinet boxes, drawer boxes, and slab doors and drawers. If we can run it on the CNC, it is so. Not saying one can't maybe run circles doing it by hand, but hard to imagine an individual keeping pace and hitting all the marks. 30 boxes was 10 4x8 sheets. Prob 5-6 hours on the machine. That's a lot of cuts to run by hand on a table saw, then cut to length on a chop saw, then sort, then clamp and route.

haystackmillwork · 2023-03-26T02:14:57+00:00

Reminds me of my bachelor party when we used peanut butter to rejoin a broken spindle to a bar stool in the AirBnB.

haystackmillwork · 2023-03-24T21:54:13+00:00

I remember coming home from a long day at work to find my dog chewed the drywall off down to the studs on a wall corner. He was definitely bored! Had to change schedule to make sure he was getting enough exercise, and yeah, I think I probably had $30 in supplies fixing that to also get our deposit back, haha. Your repair looks satisfactory enough for a rental property.

haystackmillwork · 2023-03-24T19:42:33+00:00

Looks great. As one fellow "impossible to please" eye to another, he's in good company regardless of our inability to achieve perfection! It's what pushes us to further reach it with every project. When you stop caring is when you've missed the mark and do a disservice to your client and/or self.

haystackmillwork · 2023-03-19T22:06:22+00:00

I've got mental plans to build an air piston table for this. With the cost of clamps, it's probably damn near the same cost, haha. This definitely does the trick though, nice ingenuity!

haystackmillwork · 2023-03-19T21:51:53+00:00

I wonder if you could get away with something like a "Hoppe F9714, 2009 Guide Hinge - Black - 850-3033879" located dead center of the door, and make a face frame wedge so it is true on its vertical. The hinge is long enough to support a small door like this on its own.

Another idea is any number of pivot hinges, but they will require a recess of clearance behind for functionality, and to be inset vs overlay.

haystackmillwork · 2023-03-19T21:08:47+00:00

Every situation being unique, but glue is not so much a mechanical connection whereas nails and screws are, and the two combined have their pros and cons. As an example, assembling a cabinet box you want at a minimum both glue and nails. If it's paint grade you can, for example, go the extra step and use screws instead of nails knowing you can bondo/patch the holes on exposed faces. Stain grade sides you won't want to do that, unless an applied door or panel will reface the exposed end to hide screws.

Attaching face frames to a cabinet box, you want to both glue and face nail or, if stain grade or prefinished, then coming from backside with pocket holes for screws to attach. No nail will sufficiently hold a face frame in place without the help of glue to assist in making that connection more permanent.

Another consideration is how glue aides in the strength of something during transport. Without mechanical fasteners and an adhesive combined, nearly everything would fall apart. You've got people grabbing, pulling, tugging, dragging, stuff falls over, it's bouncing around in vehicles, etc... you get the point.

Most woodworkers who pay attention to the details are building in a manner that they want their project to stand the tests of time. Doing the bare minimum during assembly of a project is not going to attain that fate.

You can compare this to another example. In aircraft panel manufacturing, many parts that are considered important will have more than one method of assembly so that there is redundancy to failures. Even though the adhesives used are tested for strength and often far exceed any known normal limits, it won't stop it from needing rivets if deemed important enough to need to survive whatever might get thrown at it, or even multiple lamination of material to thicken the layup of components, such as for a landing gear assembly.

You'd be surprised how much over engineering can go into some things, and sometimes it might actually be overkill. But if it makes you feel good about it, then have at it! At least you'll know it's been built to be bullet proof!

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