Woodworking Cabinet Design

Begin your exploration of cabinet making techniques with this plan for a hanging spice cabinet.

Woodworking cabinet design. Try out design variations in 3d. Use longer screws as needed for your hardware. Sometimes the simplest cabinet plans are the best. That s definitely true when you re getting started in woodworking.

Using this software you simply enter dimensions and materials for the models and the computer automatically generates the reports needed for planning purchase and production. Make sure your idea is possible and get any mistakes out of the way in sketchup before you head to the hardware store. Through dovetailed case through mortise and tenons half blind dovetailed drawer frame and panel door and a beautiful kumiko panel mike pekovich s hanging wall cabinet video workshop packs a lot of techniques into a small piece. Use sketchup to visualize as many designs as you like without wasting a single piece of wood.

Experimenting in woodworking software or cabinet design software is a lot less expensive than experimenting in the shop. The straightforward techniques in this plan will show you how to build a cabinet the right way. Basic cabinet except it doesn t have a door shelf or nailer. Place the template on the drawer front panel below and drill the hardware mounting holes.

With the cabinet boxes made install the cleats that support the drawers photo 7. Make a template the size of the exposed panel on the drawer front and center two mounting holes to suit your hardware. Build the drawer boxes next.