Book for Basic Cabinet makeing from plywood PLEASE ADVISE

" snipped-for-privacy@bellsouth.net woodman" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com:

Depends on how good of job you do... If you do a good job, you shouldn't need any books. An ok job would require a little book, like a pamphlet, while a bad job would require a thick book like a text book. A really bad job and a collection of literary works will save the day. (They're usually quite thick, and useless as references.) ;-)

Puckdropper

Check out out books by the late Danny Proulx.

He's got a bunch of books that describe sound, fast cabinet construction principles in a straight forward manner. Once you decide between frameless or face frame construction methods, most cabinets are built the same. Often, the only difference between shop and "show" cabinets is face material and door / drawer front design.

Good luck.

I suggest you Google for the Engineered Wood Products Assc. This trade group represents plywood manufacturers. A little digging will most probably turn up some of the information you are looking for.

Amazon also comes to mind, they have some books on the topic of plywood construction.

A search through Fine Woodworking Magazine's index of past issues will also provide some of the information you seek.

Lastly, "Cabinetmaking and Millwork" by John L Feirer is a standard text which will have useful information for you.

Joe G

If you want to do plywood, the Kreg jig is the king of plywood construction. Fast,solid and easy.

snipped-for-privacy@bellsouth.net woodman wrote:

" snipped-for-privacy@bellsouth.net woodman" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com:

The best $9.00 you can spend on the topic of cabinet making is John Paquay's booklet "Building Your Own Kitchen Cabinets." Available for download as well....

- jbd in Denver

"jbd in Denver" wrote

be without a mention of John's booklet.

I'd second Proulx's books. Straightforward, easy to read and understand and extremely practical

My favorite is "Building Kitchen Cabinets" by Udo Schmidt (ISBN 1-56158-470-3). It's part of Taunton's "Build Like A Pro" series.

I think I bought mine at the local Borders bookstore, but you can buy it online from Rockler:

A couple of tips based on my personal experience...

1. Sand the cabinet parts BEFORE you assemble them. It's virtually impossible to get into the corners and whatnot once you assemble cabinets and drawers.
2. If you're staining your wood, stain drawer bottoms and door panels before you assemble them. Otherwise, when the wood shrinks, you'll end up with unstained lines around the edges of the panels.

Anthony

Or skip most of that, and use prefinished plywood facing in.