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Cabinet Restoration - Vid's Guide

By vid1900

8 years ago


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    Post #1 Wear a respirator when sanding old paint Posted by vid1900 (8 years ago)

    Post #2 Repairing large missing wood chunks with fiberglass resin Posted by vid1900 (8 years ago)

    Post #24 Primer and Paint commentary Posted by vid1900 (8 years ago)

    Post #103 Repairing separated corners Posted by vid1900 (7 years ago)

    Post #145 Wood selection Posted by vid1900 (7 years ago)

    Post #273 Steps to replace a cabinet bottom Posted by vid1900 (6 years ago)

    Post #344 Proper Router Bit for Creating Corner Joints on Cabinets. Posted by vid1900 (6 years ago)

    Post #489 Separated Corners on Cabinets and How to Repair Them. Posted by vid1900 (5 years ago)


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    #110 7 years ago

    I will be building (again) a new cabinet for my custom tiki retheme, and I'll make a point of posting up some pics when I do.

    I have a few photos from the first build, but they're only of so-so quality for the purposes of seeing what is going on. I'm re-doing the cabinet again because I learned so much on the first attempt that I want to fix everything I got wrong or could improve upon. I should end up with tighter/cleaner joints, will be using better quality plywood, and will know what the heck I'm doing for the veneer work for the artwork on the sides so I can get nice tight seams and no bubbling.

    All of the corners are using a lock miter joint routed into the edge of the plywood. The better quality ply I will be switching to will make for a smoother routed joint with less tear out.
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    Some pics of the veneer work here. Side of the cabinet uses zebrawood, ebony, mahogany, and curly maple veneers, and the legs are solid sapele and laminated bamboo.
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    The W.I.P. cabinet at the 2016 Texas Pinball Festival.
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    1 year later
    #353 6 years ago

    If you were going to build a new cab from scratch, what would be the best type of plywood to use? Domestic baltic birch, MDO plywood, bamboo ply, etc?

    1 week later
    #366 6 years ago
    Quoted from vid1900:

    Looking good!
    Once you get it perfect, save 2 perfect scraps from each side, and those become your set up gauges in the future.
    Saves about 15 minutes of BS every time.

    THIS! Oh, *so* much this! Biggest PITA is getting the fence and depth settings dialed in, and having gauges or previously cut pieces makes your life SO much easier... (Still gonna take a bit, but damn it reduces the pain quotient.)

    4 months later
    #421 6 years ago

    Pretty sure it's been mentioned before, but gonna show off the joint you get using a lock miter router bit for cabinet corners.
    Picked the bit up from Rockler, along with the matching plastic setting/measurement tool.

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