Best cabinet making video on RUclips. You are an incredibly hardworking teacher. That video took amazing amount of work but it's so paid off because it's so easy to follow your instructions.
This is almost exactly same method, which is used in small furniture workshop in my town. I saw how cabinets were made there - simple and fast, dozens of cabinets per day built by three men. First man makes plans and cut lists, second does all cuts and edges, third man drills holes and assembles all together. Extremely cost and time effective. Very useful video, thank you, sir! Keep up a good work! Best wishes!
This is your best video you’ve done in my opinion Jason. I think newer woodworkers can see this and be far less intimidated by cabinetry. Wish this video existed ten years ago when I started woodworking! Well done!
Ya, every other video I see on cabinets uses hundreds of pocket holes even on the hidden sides or inside drawers. And some of them even use permanent pocket hole machines like the Kreg Foreman that I don't see myself buying unless I go full-time, professional cabinet making lol.
Definitely Agree, fairly new to all this and after watching some videos i was pretty intimidated. but this makes it so so simple. I think something to add is i don't have the equipment to do the cutting myself so i have all my panels cut and edged and then delivered and then i simply put them together.
Easily and I repeat, Easily the best video period on building cabinets, especially for someone who has never done it before. Just finished all my base cabinets in about two days. ready for face frames and paint.
I appreciated the chance to see you go through your process of breaking down the plywood using the Festool line products. Forty years ago I was building cabinets in a production shop in SoCal. Our assembly process was almost identical. Panel break down was a little different. We cut everything on a 10" Powermatic TS with a Biesemeyer fence. We had super nice saw blades that got sharpened every week. Much of our work was with melamine panels but we also handled plywood. We had an automated edge bander that applied hot glue to the band and pressed it into place and then edged it and end trimmed it. A time saver for sure but it meant cutting all of the cabinet pieces first. Once cut and edge banded we drilled them with a gang drill. Our assembly tables were set at about 20" off the floor and we used 1-1/2" narrow crown staples to tack the pieces together before drilling by hand and adding 2" screws. The screws were fast thread and had an unthreaded upper shank to insure the pieces drew together. We preinstalled all hardware and aligned front edges by feel and located screws by eye. This gets very easy to do if you're doing it every day. We used five screws along the bottom of the side panel instead of the four you used. We used two on each end of the top stretchers. After the sides, bottom and top stretchers were secure we placed the back panel into its recess (cabinet resting on its face) and used it to square the box (also checking diagonals). We used a small narrow crown stapler with 5/8" staples to secure the panel and force the panel to the front of the groove. The staples were shot in at a 45 degree angle. We then placed the two back stretchers (top and bottom) and set them with the 1-1/2" staples and then screwed them in place as you did except for adding screws along the top where you only used staples. The final thing was putting a couple of 5/8" sheetmetal screws at an angle into the back along each side edge as security for the previous run of 5/8" staples. Using this method I managed to assemble thirty-four cabinets in one day, which doing the math now is about one cabinet every twelve minutes. The parts had been cut and prepped the day before (except for the hardware). Installation was on a separate dead level toe kick. Cabinets were clamped and screwed together before the run was attached to the wall. Uppers were hung by using an upper back stretcher that had a 45 degree edge facing down (long point to towards the wall). This would then hang over a wall cleat that had a 45 degree edge facing up (short point against the wall). We could hang a string of uppers on one wall cleat but it meant cutting a clearance notch in the side panels of the adjoining cabinets. I think the installers handled that. I don't recall doing it in the shop. Wow! That was a trip down Memory Lane! I built so many cabinets! 😂
Finally, a RUclipsr who doesn't overcomplicate things! It's incredible how, to make a kitchen cabinet, they use glue, dominos, a dado stack, and nails. I've been making kitchen cabinets for 10 years, and I can confirm that nails or staples and screws are more than enough. Congratulations!
Very little of the tools he uses are necessary. The only thing you need is a decent table saw and flat working table. You don’t even need the track saw. You can rough cut with a circular saw and finish cut on the table saw. Make sure the table saw is squared up. You don’t need a fancy edge banner. It will take more time laying out, marking, etc but you can do it. The big thing he did was cut everything systemically. One of the nice things about not using glue is that you can break down the cabinets to move them, reuse the pieces or repair them. I’m still favoring using glue & screws though.
And I've never seen a cabinet built like this last. Sure, dominoes and shit are nonsense, but holding wood with staples and screws long term is a piss poor solution.
@@davorzdralo8000yeah, I’d glue & screw it. Here’s question: when you build individual cabinets, you end up with redundant sides. Is the only way to prevent that to built the cabinets as a set? Use thinner side walls?
@@jimbaranski4687 well, I'm not doing this professionally, but for personal needs, I build as wide as I can, from one piece of material. But I guess it's easier to sell as individual cabinets and not doubles/triples, so pros would rather do it like that.
I really appreciate how you talk about everything in detail, almost no one does this on RUclips and there becomes a mountain of holes in learned knowledge.
As a beginner woodworker I've always found cabinets to be quite difficult from what I've seen on RUclips. But this can easily be done with simpler tools, thank you so much for this information
I think part of the journey for new folks is at first they don’t care how long a project takes because they’re learning and it’s fun. I noticed myself becoming more concerned with time as my skills/confidence progressed. Hell I thought I had to domino my first few dozen cabinet boxes or they’d fall apart. I’ve built a ton of boxes at this point but I picked up on a few little speed things that will help Great video as always
This is a really good point. The progression in crafts I think can be summed as: "Amateur" production where learning is accepted as part of the timeline and over-engineering is a good mechanism to compensate for lack of knowledge... to "journeyman" and beyond where optimisation of design enables saving of money, time. Joy I think can depend on the what and why of the task you are on! Some are always just "dog work" while others will always bring pleasure. Jason, I suspect you know what I mean being a Serviceman... work for work sake being part of the military culture!
Hope this video is helpful to those that are intimidated by building cabinets. There are many videos to follow this one that will help with the whole process
Nice video. Very simple and easy to follow. I use similar methods to building my own cabinets. However I use kreg pocket hole screws for attaching my stretcher boards and 18g brad nails. I plan to start using the crown stapler as I know that's stronger. I like your set up with the festool for ripping sheets and drilling shelf holes. I never knew they had a tool for drilling holes that's awesome and a huge time saver vs using a standard jig and drill I imagine that tool comes out super clean and no tear out.
@@bentswoodworking do you have an installation video? I am currently making some cabinets so this video was timely and helpful. But I would be interested in your tips and tricks for ensuring everything lines up particularly when uppers are next to each other if a wall it out a little bit. Thanks for all your videos!
Wanted to let you know that I watch quite a bit of your content and really appreciate it. I have built several cabinets in my home and used your method on the latest batch and am really impressed on the simplicity and quality of the construction. Thanks so much for wat you do!!!!!
This is my favorite woodworking video. I have been a woodworker for 25+ years mostly furniture. I am now planning to rebuild my 12 x 15 kitchen and will use your method for cabinets. My question is: what plywood do you use for kitchen cabinets? 7 ply or 13 ply? Baltic birch? Pre finished? etc. My cabinets will be painted. Here you used 7 ply but that may just be for this video. Also, I was stationed at Ft. Benning in 1969 for NCO school and jump school. Spent two years in 173rd Airborne infantry. Thank you for making the Army a career.
This is by far the most straightforward and simplest approach I’ve seen, and I know the final result will be top notch. I can’t wait to use this process and will be doing so soon.
Clever video and well explained. And of course for the keen DIYers like me with limited workshop space, you can always get the timber yard to make your 8’ rip cuts, then you’re transporting and handling more manageable pieces.😊
I was going into this video with the notion of getting info to build a simple cabinet with simple tools... but this uses lots of specialised tools.. hence I consider this as a VERY complicated way of building cabinets!
Ditto. Every step of the process was accomplished using a tool designed for that type of work - even the edge banding. The cabinet may not be over-built, but the tools are over the top.
You can make a rip cut along a sheet of plywood in a straight line with any circular saw with a 40+ tooth count blade, and a straight edge clamped down to the sheet.
I agree but I think the point of the video, as he states at the end, is that you don't need to clamp and glue and rabbit and dado and all these things. A few narrow crown staples and a few screws is all that is needed. At least, that was my takeaway. I won't get to the finish line as quickly without all the same tools, but I can get there in my own way.
@@douglasteachout1958 And every step can be accomplished with an array of tools. I just edge banded a 48"x96" pantry cabinet...with an old iron. I broke down the ply with a $99 cordless skillsaw. The techniques are all the same regardless of the cost of your tools.
I know some makers have to somehow "sneak in" products they need to push because of partnership/advertising reasons and I can totally understand them. However, this ends up making things wonky more often than not: doing experimental things (like dovetails on plywood, asymmetrical layouts, exotic angle joints, etc.) is fun, but from a viewer perspective sometimes all of this is completely overkill and unnecessary. It also lead to a false perception that you need a lot of tools (and really expensive ones) to be able to accomplish even the smallest tasks. This video is great, because is straight to the point and puts an accent on being pragmatic. Very well done sir, Best!
I can't thank you enough for making such a detail and wonderful tutorial. I have been doing woodworking for about 4 years now and yes, I am one of those that was overthinking everything and using pocket holes for all my cabinets. I would have never thought to edge band once and then cut my pieces. This will definitely help me out when I start building my next cabinets for my new addition. I am going to definitely start pre drilling my adjustable shelving and the drawer slides from this point on. Again, thank you for a well detailed video.
I used this method to build a set of wood shop cabinets that carried extremely heavy equipment for years. It’s very sturdy and basically indestructible. The plans I used came from a Fine Woodworking magazine article. I ended up putting them on a wheels after 8 years and they are still carrying my shop equipment quite happily in the garage now… 10 years on. They look awesome.
Thanks for showing the entire process for this. We're currently building a house that should be done in Aug, complete with a woodworking shop 14'x32'. We had kitchen cabinets made, but my wife's sewing room, and our pantry will need cabinets that I'm going to be building to match the kitchen cabinets. Your method of building these cabinets will make the process that much easier. Love your work, and the fact your a fellow veteran and Hoosier.
I've built a fair number of cabinets in my relatively short woodworking experience. I can tell you that I will be using this video as a reference for any future cabinets. Clean, organized and quite precise. I think the main thing is this process is teachable and repeatable. Thanks for sharing the process.
Jason, I've been following nearly since your first video and love your direct explanatory style. Not a lot of wasted time like there is with so many other YTers' videos. Your content is always top-notch worth the time to watch. Thanks for sharing all of the valuable knowledge.
Thanks for this awesome video. As for cutting your pieces for your project, take careful note about the moisture content in your wood. If you decide it would be a good idea to cut your project on a Monday and then decide you will get to assembling your project Saturday you may find that the dimensions may have changed considerably. So make sure your wood has had some time to have acclimated itself to your workshop environment.
i been installing tongue and groove pine and came up with an idea to build my cabinets out of it i use 1x2's and 1X3's for the framing and 1x4's for the face frames. I also built the doors for the cabinets with the same tongue and groove.
Awesome tutorial I’m less intimidated than I was ten minutes ago I’m starting my first cabinet and buying more tools weekly lol I have tons to learn and you my friend have answered a ton of questions thank you Sir 🙏🏼👍🏻💪🏼
Love this video. You’re a great teacher. I think the only place you lose people is when they see the edge banding or line boring tools. I love the tip to pre drill drawer slides on the bench. I’m gonna have to do that!
This is incredibly similar to the way I built the cabinetry in my minivan so I could be a vandweller and live out in the desert for several years. No glue. Just careful fitting. Because I used 7-layer, ½" plywood, I used 2½" #6 woodscrews. I pre-drilled for every screw. I have lived in that minivan for over four years. I have taken it places most Jeeps never go. That cabinet is still rock solid. Trying to move that cabinet feels literally like trying to move the body of the car. I think most of the extra stuff that people do is only to look good on RUclips. If you are interested, I'll post links to my van build. Finally, you are one of the few RUclipsrs who actually explains WHY you are doing what you are doing. So, I just subscribed.
Few years ago, I stopped putting rail hanger boards along with 1/4” plywood backs. From a labor standpoint, installing all 1/2”plywood full size backs on all of my cabinets makes more sense and makes for a more rigid cabinet box. Less dados too. 😁👍🏻
I use 5/8 , also with a solid back you get no deflection when you cut out for electrical and your not limited to where your screws are if there is no frame work.👍📐🇨🇦
The book provides clear illustrations ruclips.net/user/postUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO diagrams that cover many of the essential topics. The projects at the end of the book are valuable for enhancing your skills and creating your own furniture. A digital platform linked to the book that could offer the plans for other woodworking projects with the cut sheets would have been a nice addition, but overall, the book is excellent.
I like this method. Could you do a video explaining how you handle the toe kick? How you make that look good. And, especially what you do about an exposed end of a run of cabinets? Thanks for a well-explained, well-thought-out process.
@@bentswoodworking I am thinking of trying those adjustable, plastic cabinet legs you screw on the bottom. Any thoughts about those? Any experience with them?
@Mark Williams Really, you have never used them? I have been using them for the last ten years, and they are the only way to go. Using wood bases is really wasteful of good wood,and first thing to suffer when the inevitable flood occurs. Just push the toe plates up gainst the feet, and either silicone them in permanently, or if you can cut a firm fit, glue some blocks on the back, slide them in and be able to remove them for repair or clean in the distant future.
I agree with your way to build a cabinet where the sides won't be seen. My only difference would be, you're moving the cabinet twice when you first nail it together, then move it again to countersink and screw it. Nail, countersink and screw one part, move it and repeat.I did this commercially and it saves time in the long run. But, you don't need dados and rabbets for every joint. I built cabinets for schools that see day in and day out use and abuse, that are still being used without problem.
Long time diy woodworker. Tried different types of cabinet. This is by far the most simple and sturdy cabinet I've seen. Utterly grateful mate. Cheers.
I guess I was never taught this way of building cabinets but I will say I have def admired this process for its simplicity. I've always built cabinets using dados and although its not that big of a difference I like how well you make this go.
Hello sir! Just wanted to send a special thanks for you and your efforts in making this video. I have watched this multiple times along with other cabinet making videos and this one made / makes so much sense. I drilled the technique in my head and built three of these today. Bravo Zulu to you sir. Thanks again!!
As someone very new to wood working. A couple of things that stump me is 1. Overly complicated plans. 2. Trying to just make a cabinet/ dresser/ basic entertainment center can become overwhelming b/c the mind wanders: what to concentrate on. Ex. Draw sizes, learning face/less cabinets. How it’s held together. Dowels, biscuits, mortise & tenon, glue. And most importantly, wood that is relatively flat as most of us can’t afford items like planers, jointers, trac-saws.
As diy hobby guy , you dont need the Festool tools, they are great to have but most other brands do just as well . Tools can be expensive ,mostly they are worth every cent . Just research what you need and dont get fixed on 1 brand. I have a mix of Metabo, dewalt,Bosch,Makita, Parkside(Lidl)
This makes me think of Carlos. He built/installed luxury cabinet from 7am-4pm, 7pm-10pm, 5 days a week. Never worked in a home under a six figures. His tool of choice was an old 4 1/4" porter cable circular saw from the 80's. He could do anything with it. He used it with a cheap Bora saw guide to cut out nested parts on custom veneered ply that ran $500 each.... to perfectly scribe grained matched trim.. even to quickly cut for outlets in a few seconds. He had so much skill in those hands.
Theres a blip in the matrix this man is using millimetres!! Incredible video mate 100% subscribed! Very informative, Look forward to watching more of your content!🏴
Just a quick tip. They make a lacquer adhesive that bonds to prefinished plywood and melamine. Work at a cabinet shop and we use it for building all our boxes
I'd love to learn some tips to help adapt much of this, or resources for entry level methods with minimal tools. For example, I don't have access to a track saw, edge banding tool, brad nailer, rail guide for a router etc. Maybe I'm just not the target audience, but I really appreciate the video and guidance on the order of operations
Agree. Jason usually has good videos and I can learn from his processes but thinking DIYers have his tools is unrealistic. We don't have Festool sponsorships and all the other fancy tools. I presume there is a market for his style of video, but it's not the DiYer (nor the pro because they already know what he teaches).
Honestly the only tools shown here were * track saw * table saw * some kind of edge banding applicator - probably handy but not required * air powered stapler * screw gun * some random measuring and marking tools - squares etc These all looked like festool which are spendy but probably worth it if you do this all day. But there are non-festool versions of all of these for weekend warriors. If you have space and a helper you can do it without the track saw. If you're by yourself do yourself a huge favor and get a decent track saw. Breaking down full plywood sheets becomes easy instead of a labor intensive chore. Nice video, very well thought out and prepared.
Great information as usual! Thanks so much for taking the time to put this out here. I'm about to build my first set of cabinets and this will help me bypass the intimidation part.
So many tools here I didn’t know existed! Cool to see them all and in use. I need your shop organizational skills! EVERYTHING is in place. Even the cables are tied to the walls. I aspire to be reach this level of having my sh*t together. Thanks for the vid! Def found some new tools that I’d like to have to help me square up my corners.
Thanks Jason! It's nice seeing videos that touch on the basics like this! I don't have any cabinets planned, but I'm definitely going to be using this method in the future.
Ya, likely not with all his tools of choice - unless you have a LOT of money to spend for one off jobs. His points about edging to save time and energy is a good idea, though
I would urge you to get comfortable doing these rip cuts to final dimension on the track saw. It is 100% doable to make these cuts to ±0.25mm tolerance. Actually the main reason I returned my TSO parallel guides was because there wasn't a fine indicator for the scales, and it's possible that this negatively affecting people's confidence in making these accurate cuts. I wish someone would make one with a hairline indicator and fine markings.
Nah, better to use the track saw to get it small enough to handle and then final cuts on the table. Faster that way for me too - I split a panel into 3rds and then do the rest on a table saw. The track saws are more prone to going out of square or having worse quality cuts than my table saw, which stays true better. I've built probably 200+ cabinets that way and always within 1/32" of exact spec and perfect square.
@@LukePighetti close to them, but I've never gotten the same accuracy out of a track saw repeatedly and without fiddling with it a lot more. I can get square cuts much faster with a table saw. Jobsite stuff yeah, I'd stick with track saw since jobsite table saws suck, but most aren't building the boxes onsite.
This video reminds me of a joke that I heard about DIY shows. "Let me show you how to make 'X'. First, place your wood on this $3,000 piece of equipment you don't have. Then take your part over to this other $2,000 piece of equipment that you don't have...."
This is very impressive. Your attention to the process and detail is amazing. I don’t believe that I could find a tradesman anywhere that would build cabinets to this detail and skill. For one, they would feel that they couldn’t make money on the final product. When competing with the big box stores for prebuilt and other custom cabinet makers, I don’t think you could charge enough to cover your time, even with the process that you haves developed. I am in awe of your skills, I just wish there were more like you. Keep up the great work, you are very much appreciated by those of us trying to get better at this skill!
> When competing with the big box stores You can't. Don't even try; you need to find a higher price-point to compete with. Hell, he's using plywood (good quality plywood, judging by a glance); the big box stuff and even most higher end pre-builts are particleboard; he's already priced himself out of that segment on material costs alone. The only thing you can realistically do as a custom-work tradesman is compete on quality and price your work accordingly.
Hell yeah! Thanks! If you could elaborate sometime on any tricks for how you get your drawer slides to match up with your drawers when pre-drilling the drawer slide holes, that’d be great. Thanks again!
you have to use the 32mm system with balance panels to make that work easily, and then use the LR32 jig or similar. most drawer slide holes are spaced in increments of 32mm
This is such a great tutorial. I have several cabinet ideas I want to build for our new home and this is a great, uncomplicated start. The only things I'd like to know pertaining to building these style cabinets is where to get good decent plywood from, what brand and gauge wood screws you used here, what screws to use for mounting them to the wall (and similarly HOW to mount them to the wall), and your workflow to paint them. Thank you!
I generally build my base cabinets a bit more simply, however I'm curious to see your process for uppers. I like to dado my top/bottom pieces into the sides to make sure the plywood doesn't delaminate from vertical stress on the screws through the side. Any plans on showing a video for how you do your uppers?
I think this method is fine for lowers and I use a similar approach. For uppers... customers do stupid things.. like use uppers to pull themselves up onto a counter top to change a light bulb. I hang with cleats and use dados, glue, and dominos so they're bomber.
Wow wow wow, a video full with secrets and fantastic hacks that save time and money. Thank you very much for this brilliant ideas you sharing with us. Well done.
I'm a master furniture maker now, but when I first learned how to build cabinetry from Norm Abram (The new Yankee workshop) over 3 decades ago. Most of my furniture builds then, consisted mostly of sheet goods and case work (carcasses) I was so anal-retentive jointing strait /flat plywood edges. I would as a routine, joint the factory plywood edges doing my stock preparations and a 32nd finishing joint after stock preparations. But experience has taught me, unless the factory edge has a highly visible crown, (rocker) it's a total waste of time to joint the factory edges. Because the table saw fence will average out that less than perfect factory edge. I only use my joiner for glue ups and fine furniture machining work. When ripping cabinetry side panels, the factory edge will be positioned to the back of the cabinet anyway. And I ever had a problem with any of my edge banding delaminating on me. Great video, this Video just brings me back to my unnecessary anal-retentive sheet goods edge preparation days 35 years ago, when I was just a baby learning the skill set.
Very helpful video especially for building cabinets without any reveal sides. I see you must be a fan of the separate toe kick box? or maybe you plan to use the leveling feet. I look forward to seeing all your cabinetry builds this year! Also, the audio in this video is SUPER high quality!
@@bentswoodworking I'd argue its slightly overcompressed, but if you like it that's what matters. Too much noise-reduction and compression in the recording makes the sound feel claustrophobic, like its a studio overdub rather than natural capture. just a different perspective. love your channel either way.
The problem with using only thin screws is that they really can't prevent the panels from sliding along each other, and they don't provide a good pressing force, as you screw them through both parts. It is still better IMO to use a few dowel pins to make the whole thing more sturdy. Personally, I also prefer to add a little glue on the dowels. Still, a very handy approach to cabinet building, I've definitely learned a few things. Thanks for sharing your experience.
I have built a hundred cabinets, many different methods, and ended up doing same as this video with exception of me using a 3/4" back - more sturdy and cost difference between 1/4" and 3/4" ply is about the same. I no longer use dowels or biscuits for that "extra strength " My last three cabinets were all 8 feet tall by 7, 8 and 9 feet wide. Sturdy, not going anywhere. Agree with Bent 100%
@@kerrykroberts7809 well, I haven't built hundreds, just dozens :-) and some started to get a bit loose with time and use. But hey - we're just sharing our opinions here. Nobody's saying Bent is doing this wrong. I really liked his scheme.
Even if he did not do this for a living $10,000, which I guarantee you, he has more than that, is a drop in the bucket for a quality hobby. Nice work! PS where do you get your countersink bit? I don’t seem to see it in the description unless it’s hidden in festool lingo, lol!
I like how you rough cut on the track and then cut to size on the table saw. Few nifty tricks there like the speed square edge as a guide line and using staples rather than nails. Feel I could give a cabinet a proper go now! Nice vid.
That tip about edge banding the first long rip made me slap my forehead and say "holy crap, why didn't I think of that?" That's when you know that you've just heard an absolutely brilliant yet incredibly simple tip. Your video on breaking down sheet goods was probably the single most important woodworking video I've ever seen. As a self-taught beginner, I just wanted to tell you that you changed the way I do all my woodworking. Thank you so much for your incredibly valuable instructions!
I am a newbie, and thank you Sir for taking the time and effort to lessen the learning curve. Your simplicity in explanation is much appreciated. Pls do more!
Agree. I built a wall of base cabinets and used pocket holes, glue and screws. I went way too far. By the time cabinets are connected together and attached to the wall, that in its self makes for very sturdy cabinet support. Thanks for the tips.
Thanks for the tips. Often times we get stuck in ruts or trends of what has worked for us in the past and don't stop and consider other, more efficient ways of doing things. I'm going to try this instead of glue next time I build cabinets.
I really enjoyed this video. You made a lot of great points, and I will certainly take a lot of these tips for my next build. All of that being said, I have an idea that I think many people would get a kick out of and would be very useful. You are fortunate enough to have a lot of very high quality tools and a great deal of space to work in. For myself, and I am betting for many of your viewers, I am limited in tool budget and space. I would love to see you challenge yourself by doing a build with only a few hundred bucks in tools and a seriously cut down work space. I am sure that you could come up with a bunch of tips and tricks that many of us could use. Thanks.
Awesome video! Great info done right. Also, as a media pro...I cannot tell you how much I appreciate quality mic audio in anything on RUclips. Well done!!
Really helpful tutorial, many thanks for taking the time to make this. Your explanations are clear and concise, which gives me the confidence to get out there and make some myself. Keep them coming 👍
Nice work! That is basically the way I build all my cabinet boxes. The main difference being that I don't have a wealth of Festool tools at my disposal.
Great vid. I love that idea about temporarily pinning the pieces together to avoid clamping. I'd just add that I wd usually sand the inside/seen faces of each piece prior to assembly. Much more sustainable to build without glue as well because if the cabinet is no longer needed,u can reuse the screws and the plywood as well.
Excellent video Jason. You made me realize how much time I am wasting using rabbets and dadoes building cabinets. They are strong when I am done but it takes me forever.
Great informative video, I like your straight forward approach, keeping it simple while maintaining precision. I have much difficulty finding 1 1/2 in screws, l've looked at the big box and local hardware stores, none found. On-line appears to be my best option.
I use a small bead of clear latex caulk when assembling pre finished plywood cabinets, like phenoseal or dap. It leaves a nice clean looking corner when cleaned up with a putty knife covered by a wet rag. It sticks to the clear finish well. Not really necessary like you stated but will help on kitchen cabinets that might get wet at some point from a small leak under the sink.
Best cabinet making video on RUclips. You are an incredibly hardworking teacher. That video took amazing amount of work but it's so paid off because it's so easy to follow your instructions.
Glad it was helpful!
This is almost exactly same method, which is used in small furniture workshop in my town. I saw how cabinets were made there - simple and fast, dozens of cabinets per day built by three men. First man makes plans and cut lists, second does all cuts and edges, third man drills holes and assembles all together. Extremely cost and time effective.
Very useful video, thank you, sir! Keep up a good work!
Best wishes!
This will help me overcome some reservations I’ve had and will move me build the cabinets for my shop. Thank you.
You’re welcome!!!
This is your best video you’ve done in my opinion Jason. I think newer woodworkers can see this and be far less intimidated by cabinetry. Wish this video existed ten years ago when I started woodworking! Well done!
Thanks buddy
Now I just need a way to cut sheet goods. (Tool shopping is fun!)
Ya, every other video I see on cabinets uses hundreds of pocket holes even on the hidden sides or inside drawers. And some of them even use permanent pocket hole machines like the Kreg Foreman that I don't see myself buying unless I go full-time, professional cabinet making lol.
As one of the newer woodworkers, couldn’t agree more! 👍
Definitely Agree, fairly new to all this and after watching some videos i was pretty intimidated. but this makes it so so simple. I think something to add is i don't have the equipment to do the cutting myself so i have all my panels cut and edged and then delivered and then i simply put them together.
Easily and I repeat, Easily the best video period on building cabinets, especially for someone who has never done it before. Just finished all my base cabinets in about two days. ready for face frames and paint.
I appreciated the chance to see you go through your process of breaking down the plywood using the Festool line products. Forty years ago I was building cabinets in a production shop in SoCal. Our assembly process was almost identical. Panel break down was a little different. We cut everything on a 10" Powermatic TS with a Biesemeyer fence. We had super nice saw blades that got sharpened every week. Much of our work was with melamine panels but we also handled plywood. We had an automated edge bander that applied hot glue to the band and pressed it into place and then edged it and end trimmed it. A time saver for sure but it meant cutting all of the cabinet pieces first. Once cut and edge banded we drilled them with a gang drill. Our assembly tables were set at about 20" off the floor and we used 1-1/2" narrow crown staples to tack the pieces together before drilling by hand and adding 2" screws. The screws were fast thread and had an unthreaded upper shank to insure the pieces drew together. We preinstalled all hardware and aligned front edges by feel and located screws by eye. This gets very easy to do if you're doing it every day. We used five screws along the bottom of the side panel instead of the four you used. We used two on each end of the top stretchers. After the sides, bottom and top stretchers were secure we placed the back panel into its recess (cabinet resting on its face) and used it to square the box (also checking diagonals). We used a small narrow crown stapler with 5/8" staples to secure the panel and force the panel to the front of the groove. The staples were shot in at a 45 degree angle. We then placed the two back stretchers (top and bottom) and set them with the 1-1/2" staples and then screwed them in place as you did except for adding screws along the top where you only used staples. The final thing was putting a couple of 5/8" sheetmetal screws at an angle into the back along each side edge as security for the previous run of 5/8" staples. Using this method I managed to assemble thirty-four cabinets in one day, which doing the math now is about one cabinet every twelve minutes. The parts had been cut and prepped the day before (except for the hardware). Installation was on a separate dead level toe kick. Cabinets were clamped and screwed together before the run was attached to the wall. Uppers were hung by using an upper back stretcher that had a 45 degree edge facing down (long point to towards the wall). This would then hang over a wall cleat that had a 45 degree edge facing up (short point against the wall). We could hang a string of uppers on one wall cleat but it meant cutting a clearance notch in the side panels of the adjoining cabinets. I think the installers handled that. I don't recall doing it in the shop.
Wow! That was a trip down Memory Lane! I built so many cabinets! 😂
Do you need a job? Might have something for you
That was very helpful, thank you!
Helpful trip down memory lane. Thanks!
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Finally, a RUclipsr who doesn't overcomplicate things! It's incredible how, to make a kitchen cabinet, they use glue, dominos, a dado stack, and nails. I've been making kitchen cabinets for 10 years, and I can confirm that nails or staples and screws are more than enough. Congratulations!
What??? he has got about $10k worth of tools, everything that open and shuts. Im just ordinary equipped guy.
Very little of the tools he uses are necessary. The only thing you need is a decent table saw and flat working table. You don’t even need the track saw. You can rough cut with a circular saw and finish cut on the table saw. Make sure the table saw is squared up. You don’t need a fancy edge banner.
It will take more time laying out, marking, etc but you can do it. The big thing he did was cut everything systemically.
One of the nice things about not using glue is that you can break down the cabinets to move them, reuse the pieces or repair them. I’m still favoring using glue & screws though.
And I've never seen a cabinet built like this last. Sure, dominoes and shit are nonsense, but holding wood with staples and screws long term is a piss poor solution.
@@davorzdralo8000yeah, I’d glue & screw it.
Here’s question: when you build individual cabinets, you end up with redundant sides. Is the only way to prevent that to built the cabinets as a set? Use thinner side walls?
@@jimbaranski4687 well, I'm not doing this professionally, but for personal needs, I build as wide as I can, from one piece of material. But I guess it's easier to sell as individual cabinets and not doubles/triples, so pros would rather do it like that.
I really appreciate how you talk about everything in detail, almost no one does this on RUclips and there becomes a mountain of holes in learned knowledge.
As a beginner woodworker I've always found cabinets to be quite difficult from what I've seen on RUclips. But this can easily be done with simpler tools, thank you so much for this information
I think part of the journey for new folks is at first they don’t care how long a project takes because they’re learning and it’s fun. I noticed myself becoming more concerned with time as my skills/confidence progressed. Hell I thought I had to domino my first few dozen cabinet boxes or they’d fall apart. I’ve built a ton of boxes at this point but I picked up on a few little speed things that will help Great video as always
Glad you enjoyed it
This is a really good point. The progression in crafts I think can be summed as: "Amateur" production where learning is accepted as part of the timeline and over-engineering is a good mechanism to compensate for lack of knowledge... to "journeyman" and beyond where optimisation of design enables saving of money, time.
Joy I think can depend on the what and why of the task you are on! Some are always just "dog work" while others will always bring pleasure.
Jason, I suspect you know what I mean being a Serviceman... work for work sake being part of the military culture!
Hope this video is helpful to those that are intimidated by building cabinets. There are many videos to follow this one that will help with the whole process
Thank you! You're a gentleman and a scholar
This was fantastic. Wish I knew this method years ago. Any chance you will do a follow up with a similar guide for upper cabinets?
Nice video. Very simple and easy to follow. I use similar methods to building my own cabinets. However I use kreg pocket hole screws for attaching my stretcher boards and 18g brad nails. I plan to start using the crown stapler as I know that's stronger. I like your set up with the festool for ripping sheets and drilling shelf holes. I never knew they had a tool for drilling holes that's awesome and a huge time saver vs using a standard jig and drill I imagine that tool comes out super clean and no tear out.
@@infiniti7791 i actually have a video on an upper frameless cabinet
@@bentswoodworking do you have an installation video? I am currently making some cabinets so this video was timely and helpful. But I would be interested in your tips and tricks for ensuring everything lines up particularly when uppers are next to each other if a wall it out a little bit.
Thanks for all your videos!
Wanted to let you know that I watch quite a bit of your content and really appreciate it. I have built several cabinets in my home and used your method on the latest batch and am really impressed on the simplicity and quality of the construction. Thanks so much for wat you do!!!!!
You’re welcome
Diagonal dimensions is the way to square anything. Nice clean tutorial!
This is my favorite woodworking video. I have been a woodworker for 25+ years mostly furniture. I am now planning to rebuild my 12 x 15 kitchen and will use your method for cabinets. My question is: what plywood do you use for kitchen cabinets? 7 ply or 13 ply? Baltic birch? Pre finished? etc. My cabinets will be painted. Here you used 7 ply but that may just be for this video. Also, I was stationed at Ft. Benning in 1969 for NCO school and jump school. Spent two years in 173rd Airborne infantry. Thank you for making the Army a career.
This is by far the most straightforward and simplest approach I’ve seen, and I know the final result will be top notch.
I can’t wait to use this process and will be doing so soon.
Glad you found it helpful
Clever video and well explained. And of course for the keen DIYers like me with limited workshop space, you can always get the timber yard to make your 8’ rip cuts, then you’re transporting and handling more manageable pieces.😊
I was going into this video with the notion of getting info to build a simple cabinet with simple tools... but this uses lots of specialised tools.. hence I consider this as a VERY complicated way of building cabinets!
Ditto. Every step of the process was accomplished using a tool designed for that type of work - even the edge banding. The cabinet may not be over-built, but the tools are over the top.
You can make a rip cut along a sheet of plywood in a straight line with any circular saw with a 40+ tooth count blade, and a straight edge clamped down to the sheet.
I agree but I think the point of the video, as he states at the end, is that you don't need to clamp and glue and rabbit and dado and all these things. A few narrow crown staples and a few screws is all that is needed. At least, that was my takeaway. I won't get to the finish line as quickly without all the same tools, but I can get there in my own way.
Agree.
@@douglasteachout1958 And every step can be accomplished with an array of tools. I just edge banded a 48"x96" pantry cabinet...with an old iron. I broke down the ply with a $99 cordless skillsaw. The techniques are all the same regardless of the cost of your tools.
I know some makers have to somehow "sneak in" products they need to push because of partnership/advertising reasons and I can totally understand them. However, this ends up making things wonky more often than not: doing experimental things (like dovetails on plywood, asymmetrical layouts, exotic angle joints, etc.) is fun, but from a viewer perspective sometimes all of this is completely overkill and unnecessary.
It also lead to a false perception that you need a lot of tools (and really expensive ones) to be able to accomplish even the smallest tasks.
This video is great, because is straight to the point and puts an accent on being pragmatic. Very well done sir,
Best!
I can't thank you enough for making such a detail and wonderful tutorial. I have been doing woodworking for about 4 years now and yes, I am one of those that was overthinking everything and using pocket holes for all my cabinets. I would have never thought to edge band once and then cut my pieces. This will definitely help me out when I start building my next cabinets for my new addition. I am going to definitely start pre drilling my adjustable shelving and the drawer slides from this point on. Again, thank you for a well detailed video.
I used this method to build a set of wood shop cabinets that carried extremely heavy equipment for years. It’s very sturdy and basically indestructible. The plans I used came from a Fine Woodworking magazine article. I ended up putting them on a wheels after 8 years and they are still carrying my shop equipment quite happily in the garage now… 10 years on. They look awesome.
Thanks for showing the entire process for this. We're currently building a house that should be done in Aug, complete with a woodworking shop 14'x32'. We had kitchen cabinets made, but my wife's sewing room, and our pantry will need cabinets that I'm going to be building to match the kitchen cabinets. Your method of building these cabinets will make the process that much easier. Love your work, and the fact your a fellow veteran and Hoosier.
Thank you! Glad you found it helpful
I've built a fair number of cabinets in my relatively short woodworking experience. I can tell you that I will be using this video as a reference for any future cabinets. Clean, organized and quite precise. I think the main thing is this process is teachable and repeatable. Thanks for sharing the process.
Jason, I've been following nearly since your first video and love your direct explanatory style. Not a lot of wasted time like there is with so many other YTers' videos. Your content is always top-notch worth the time to watch. Thanks for sharing all of the valuable knowledge.
Awesome, thank you!
This might be my favorite cabinet making video…and I’ve watched a lot! Thank you
Finally instructional video and channel for DIY building that has good audio
True 😂
Thanks for this awesome video. As for cutting your pieces for your project, take careful note about the moisture content in your wood. If you decide it would be a good idea to cut your project on a Monday and then decide you will get to assembling your project Saturday you may find that the dimensions may have changed considerably.
So make sure your wood has had some time to have acclimated itself to your workshop environment.
i been installing tongue and groove pine and came up with an idea to build my cabinets out of it i use 1x2's and 1X3's for the framing and 1x4's for the face frames. I also built the doors for the cabinets with the same tongue and groove.
You sir are a breath of fresh air. I know there is a time and a place for glue but this is IMHO not one of them. Excellent thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome tutorial I’m less intimidated than I was ten minutes ago I’m starting my first cabinet and buying more tools weekly lol I have tons to learn and you my friend have answered a ton of questions thank you Sir 🙏🏼👍🏻💪🏼
Glad it was helpful!
Thats how I was taught to build cabinets about 40 years ago, can't get much easier! Nice video!
Love this video. You’re a great teacher. I think the only place you lose people is when they see the edge banding or line boring tools. I love the tip to pre drill drawer slides on the bench. I’m gonna have to do that!
Thanks so much!
This is incredibly similar to the way I built the cabinetry in my minivan so I could be a vandweller and live out in the desert for several years. No glue. Just careful fitting. Because I used 7-layer, ½" plywood, I used 2½" #6 woodscrews. I pre-drilled for every screw.
I have lived in that minivan for over four years. I have taken it places most Jeeps never go. That cabinet is still rock solid. Trying to move that cabinet feels literally like trying to move the body of the car.
I think most of the extra stuff that people do is only to look good on RUclips.
If you are interested, I'll post links to my van build.
Finally, you are one of the few RUclipsrs who actually explains WHY you are doing what you are doing. So, I just subscribed.
Few years ago, I stopped putting rail hanger boards along with 1/4” plywood backs. From a labor standpoint, installing all 1/2”plywood full size backs on all of my cabinets makes more sense and makes for a more rigid cabinet box. Less dados too. 😁👍🏻
That’s not a bad idea.
I use 5/8 , also with a solid back you get no deflection when you cut out for electrical and your not limited to where your screws are if there is no frame work.👍📐🇨🇦
@@troyqueen9503 Bingo, just a better way to go all around! 😁👍🏻
I try and keep the uppers low on weight but the base cabinets I can see your point and I will probably do that in the future thanks for sharing.
do you build the whole cabinet in 1/2" or just the backs?
I really like this straightforward approach to construction. The video is just as well-crafted as the cabinets, too!
The book provides clear illustrations ruclips.net/user/postUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO diagrams that cover many of the essential topics. The projects at the end of the book are valuable for enhancing your skills and creating your own furniture. A digital platform linked to the book that could offer the plans for other woodworking projects with the cut sheets would have been a nice addition, but overall, the book is excellent.
Nice. I will remember this if I ever build another cabinet 👍
I like this method. Could you do a video explaining how you handle the toe kick? How you make that look good. And, especially what you do about an exposed end of a run of cabinets?
Thanks for a well-explained, well-thought-out process.
Will do!
@@bentswoodworking I am thinking of trying those adjustable, plastic cabinet legs you screw on the bottom. Any thoughts about those? Any experience with them?
@Mark Williams Really, you have never used them?
I have been using them for the last ten years, and they are the only way to go.
Using wood bases is really wasteful of good wood,and first thing to suffer when the inevitable flood occurs.
Just push the toe plates up gainst the feet, and either silicone them in permanently, or if you can cut a firm fit, glue some blocks on the back, slide them in and be able to remove them for repair or clean in the distant future.
Thanks
No thank you!!
I agree with your way to build a cabinet where the sides won't be seen. My only difference would be, you're moving the cabinet twice when you first nail it together, then move it again to countersink and screw it. Nail, countersink and screw one part, move it and repeat.I did this commercially and it saves time in the long run. But, you don't need dados and rabbets for every joint. I built cabinets for schools that see day in and day out use and abuse, that are still being used without problem.
Long time diy woodworker. Tried different types of cabinet. This is by far the most simple and sturdy cabinet I've seen. Utterly grateful mate. Cheers.
I guess I was never taught this way of building cabinets but I will say I have def admired this process for its simplicity. I've always built cabinets using dados and although its not that big of a difference I like how well you make this go.
Glad you found it helpful
Hello sir! Just wanted to send a special thanks for you and your efforts in making this video. I have watched this multiple times along with other cabinet making videos and this one made / makes so much sense. I drilled the technique in my head and built three of these today. Bravo Zulu to you sir. Thanks again!!
As someone very new to wood working. A couple of things that stump me is 1. Overly complicated plans. 2. Trying to just make a cabinet/ dresser/ basic entertainment center can become overwhelming b/c the mind wanders: what to concentrate on. Ex. Draw sizes, learning face/less cabinets. How it’s held together. Dowels, biscuits, mortise & tenon, glue. And most importantly, wood that is relatively flat as most of us can’t afford items like planers, jointers, trac-saws.
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As diy hobby guy , you dont need the Festool tools, they are great to have but most other brands do just as well .
Tools can be expensive ,mostly they are worth every cent .
Just research what you need and dont get fixed on 1 brand.
I have a mix of Metabo, dewalt,Bosch,Makita, Parkside(Lidl)
I love to see how detail-oriented you are at your work. fabulous.
Thank you so much!
This makes me think of Carlos. He built/installed luxury cabinet from 7am-4pm, 7pm-10pm, 5 days a week. Never worked in a home under a six figures. His tool of choice was an old 4 1/4" porter cable circular saw from the 80's. He could do anything with it. He used it with a cheap Bora saw guide to cut out nested parts on custom veneered ply that ran $500 each.... to perfectly scribe grained matched trim.. even to quickly cut for outlets in a few seconds. He had so much skill in those hands.
Theres a blip in the matrix this man is using millimetres!! Incredible video mate 100% subscribed! Very informative, Look forward to watching more of your content!🏴
Thanks for the sub!
Just a quick tip. They make a lacquer adhesive that bonds to prefinished plywood and melamine.
Work at a cabinet shop and we use it for building all our boxes
If you don't mind sharing, what is the name of the adhesive? and where you do buy it?
Great video. This is essentially how I do it. Never thought about edgebanding early in the process. Thanks for the good idea.
Glad it was helpful!
I'd love to learn some tips to help adapt much of this, or resources for entry level methods with minimal tools. For example, I don't have access to a track saw, edge banding tool, brad nailer, rail guide for a router etc. Maybe I'm just not the target audience, but I really appreciate the video and guidance on the order of operations
I thought this exact thing. I’d love to make my own but I’m not sure that I’d want to buy all these tools
Agree. Jason usually has good videos and I can learn from his processes but thinking DIYers have his tools is unrealistic. We don't have Festool sponsorships and all the other fancy tools. I presume there is a market for his style of video, but it's not the DiYer (nor the pro because they already know what he teaches).
Pretty much the same way that I do it. The end result is a very sturdy cabinet that should never fail. I do like a full back in upper heavy cabinets.
I become so happy watching this! And also dreaming of one day having this limited number of cool tools 🥰
Glad you liked it
Honestly the only tools shown here were
* track saw
* table saw
* some kind of edge banding applicator - probably handy but not required
* air powered stapler
* screw gun
* some random measuring and marking tools - squares etc
These all looked like festool which are spendy but probably worth it if you do this all day. But there are non-festool versions of all of these for weekend warriors.
If you have space and a helper you can do it without the track saw. If you're by yourself do yourself a huge favor and get a decent track saw. Breaking down full plywood sheets becomes easy instead of a labor intensive chore.
Nice video, very well thought out and prepared.
Not much to say, just great work!
Thanks for sharing.
Best wishes from Bavaria Germany
I got hooked when yous said '6mm" ooooh the metric music to my ears!!!
Great information as usual! Thanks so much for taking the time to put this out here. I'm about to build my first set of cabinets and this will help me bypass the intimidation part.
Good idea on edge banding before the crosscuts! Also, use pocket screws on the ends that will be visible.
one of the best examples of easy cabinet builds I've seen, thank you
Glad you liked it!
You’ve made some great cabinet videos. This one was the greatest! Love your process!❤
Glad you liked it.
So many tools here I didn’t know existed! Cool to see them all and in use.
I need your shop organizational skills! EVERYTHING is in place. Even the cables are tied to the walls. I aspire to be reach this level of having my sh*t together.
Thanks for the vid! Def found some new tools that I’d like to have to help me square up my corners.
@@brianna567 glad you found it helpful
Thanks Jason! It's nice seeing videos that touch on the basics like this! I don't have any cabinets planned, but I'm definitely going to be using this method in the future.
Ya, likely not with all his tools of choice - unless you have a LOT of money to spend for one off jobs. His points about edging to save time and energy is a good idea, though
I never get tired of seeing you Mastering the Simplicity and Sturdiness on any of your builds.. a great video once again. 👍
I would urge you to get comfortable doing these rip cuts to final dimension on the track saw. It is 100% doable to make these cuts to ±0.25mm tolerance. Actually the main reason I returned my TSO parallel guides was because there wasn't a fine indicator for the scales, and it's possible that this negatively affecting people's confidence in making these accurate cuts. I wish someone would make one with a hairline indicator and fine markings.
I think the best thing for mass production is to have multiple stops on the parallel guides so there’s no variance once accurately set.
Nah, better to use the track saw to get it small enough to handle and then final cuts on the table. Faster that way for me too - I split a panel into 3rds and then do the rest on a table saw. The track saws are more prone to going out of square or having worse quality cuts than my table saw, which stays true better. I've built probably 200+ cabinets that way and always within 1/32" of exact spec and perfect square.
@@Azara1th You can't put a table saw in a box, but you can easily get the accuracy requirements out of the track saw
@@LukePighetti close to them, but I've never gotten the same accuracy out of a track saw repeatedly and without fiddling with it a lot more. I can get square cuts much faster with a table saw. Jobsite stuff yeah, I'd stick with track saw since jobsite table saws suck, but most aren't building the boxes onsite.
@@LukePighettiHave you seen the new Festool table saw? Thoughts?
I like how your honest and don't bull sh#t the process, as you said why use unnecessary items. Great job.
This video reminds me of a joke that I heard about DIY shows. "Let me show you how to make 'X'. First, place your wood on this $3,000 piece of equipment you don't have. Then take your part over to this other $2,000 piece of equipment that you don't have...."
Go watch "diy cabinets for people with no gear" videos
😂😂😂@@Max-xi5gu
This is very impressive. Your attention to the process and detail is amazing. I don’t believe that I could find a tradesman anywhere that would build cabinets to this detail and skill. For one, they would feel that they couldn’t make money on the final product. When competing with the big box stores for prebuilt and other custom cabinet makers, I don’t think you could charge enough to cover your time, even with the process that you haves developed. I am in awe of your skills, I just wish there were more like you. Keep up the great work, you are very much appreciated by those of us trying to get better at this skill!
> When competing with the big box stores
You can't. Don't even try; you need to find a higher price-point to compete with. Hell, he's using plywood (good quality plywood, judging by a glance); the big box stuff and even most higher end pre-builts are particleboard; he's already priced himself out of that segment on material costs alone. The only thing you can realistically do as a custom-work tradesman is compete on quality and price your work accordingly.
Hell yeah! Thanks! If you could elaborate sometime on any tricks for how you get your drawer slides to match up with your drawers when pre-drilling the drawer slide holes, that’d be great. Thanks again!
you have to use the 32mm system with balance panels to make that work easily, and then use the LR32 jig or similar. most drawer slide holes are spaced in increments of 32mm
I would actually like to do a specific video for just that.
Have a look at Blum they make all you will ever need for cabinets.
This is such a great tutorial. I have several cabinet ideas I want to build for our new home and this is a great, uncomplicated start. The only things I'd like to know pertaining to building these style cabinets is where to get good decent plywood from, what brand and gauge wood screws you used here, what screws to use for mounting them to the wall (and similarly HOW to mount them to the wall), and your workflow to paint them. Thank you!
I generally build my base cabinets a bit more simply, however I'm curious to see your process for uppers. I like to dado my top/bottom pieces into the sides to make sure the plywood doesn't delaminate from vertical stress on the screws through the side. Any plans on showing a video for how you do your uppers?
I think this method is fine for lowers and I use a similar approach. For uppers... customers do stupid things.. like use uppers to pull themselves up onto a counter top to change a light bulb. I hang with cleats and use dados, glue, and dominos so they're bomber.
Wow wow wow, a video full with secrets and fantastic hacks that save time and money. Thank you very much for this brilliant ideas you sharing with us. Well done.
Nice job! More on cabinets please!
More to come!
I'm a master furniture maker now, but when I first learned how to build cabinetry from Norm Abram (The new Yankee workshop) over 3 decades ago. Most of my furniture builds then, consisted mostly of sheet goods and case work (carcasses) I was so anal-retentive jointing strait /flat plywood edges. I would as a routine, joint the factory plywood edges doing my stock preparations and a 32nd finishing joint after stock preparations. But experience has taught me, unless the factory edge has a highly visible crown, (rocker) it's a total waste of time to joint the factory edges. Because the table saw fence will average out that less than perfect factory edge. I only use my joiner for glue ups and fine furniture machining work. When ripping cabinetry side panels, the factory edge will be positioned to the back of the cabinet anyway. And I ever had a problem with any of my edge banding delaminating on me. Great video, this Video just brings me back to my unnecessary anal-retentive sheet goods edge preparation days 35 years ago, when I was just a baby learning the skill set.
Very efficient methodology to your processes. Are your screws #8 1.5 inch?
Yes
@@bentswoodworking still using power pro self tapping?
One of the best cabinets video Ive seen. Great advice.
Glad you liked it!
Very helpful video especially for building cabinets without any reveal sides. I see you must be a fan of the separate toe kick box? or maybe you plan to use the leveling feet. I look forward to seeing all your cabinetry builds this year! Also, the audio in this video is SUPER high quality!
Thank you. I started using an audio editing service. Worth every penny.
@@bentswoodworking I'd argue its slightly overcompressed, but if you like it that's what matters. Too much noise-reduction and compression in the recording makes the sound feel claustrophobic, like its a studio overdub rather than natural capture. just a different perspective. love your channel either way.
@@ceounicom 100% agree, there is too much noise reduction happening that is sound a bit artificial.
Thank you for using metrics and for the good ideas for the amateurs like me!
The problem with using only thin screws is that they really can't prevent the panels from sliding along each other, and they don't provide a good pressing force, as you screw them through both parts. It is still better IMO to use a few dowel pins to make the whole thing more sturdy. Personally, I also prefer to add a little glue on the dowels.
Still, a very handy approach to cabinet building, I've definitely learned a few things.
Thanks for sharing your experience.
Thanks!
I have built a hundred cabinets, many different methods, and ended up doing same as this video with exception of me using a 3/4" back - more sturdy and cost difference between 1/4" and 3/4" ply is about the same. I no longer use dowels or biscuits for that "extra strength
" My last three cabinets were all 8 feet tall by 7, 8 and 9 feet wide. Sturdy, not going anywhere. Agree with Bent 100%
@@kerrykroberts7809 well, I haven't built hundreds, just dozens :-) and some started to get a bit loose with time and use. But hey - we're just sharing our opinions here. Nobody's saying Bent is doing this wrong. I really liked his scheme.
I learned the same flow from Mike F, but he was using glue and not prefinished plywood. I like this mention a lot!!
Stop over complicating.... Uses $10.000 machinery to look like it's easy😂
Simple ain’t cheap evidently
@@Bicloptic the title states "stop overbuilding". Got the point?🤣🤝
That Festool hot melt bander is $3500. 😂
Even if he did not do this for a living $10,000, which I guarantee you, he has more than that, is a drop in the bucket for a quality hobby. Nice work! PS where do you get your countersink bit? I don’t seem to see it in the description unless it’s hidden in festool lingo, lol!
Not to mention “ the next thing I like to do”. Is hear himself talk and talk. Thankfully I didn’t watch all of this video.
Dude, you are a total legend! I've been watching cabinet videos for daaays and this video is amazing! Thank you..
I like how you rough cut on the track and then cut to size on the table saw. Few nifty tricks there like the speed square edge as a guide line and using staples rather than nails. Feel I could give a cabinet a proper go now! Nice vid.
In Finland we do cabinets just like what you did. I also like to use those blum sliders, they are very good quality. Thanks for the video.
Glad you like them!
I love how everything you show in this video makes sense. Simplicity is actually the scale for intelligence.
That tip about edge banding the first long rip made me slap my forehead and say "holy crap, why didn't I think of that?" That's when you know that you've just heard an absolutely brilliant yet incredibly simple tip. Your video on breaking down sheet goods was probably the single most important woodworking video I've ever seen. As a self-taught beginner, I just wanted to tell you that you changed the way I do all my woodworking. Thank you so much for your incredibly valuable instructions!
Glad to help!
Brilliant. You've sold me on "simple" (and metric). Great, helpful video. Thank you.
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Thank you for the knowledge. I knew something like Cutlist optimizer had to exist. That alone for me was a game changer.
I am a newbie, and thank you Sir for taking the time and effort to lessen the learning curve. Your simplicity in explanation is much appreciated. Pls do more!
What a great video, Jason. Simple, straighforward and not a lot of fancy tools. Amazing. Thank you.
No fancy tools... He has Festool everywhere and using them.
This was a great video for a novice woodworker like me - thank you!
You’re welcome
Agree. I built a wall of base cabinets and used pocket holes, glue and screws. I went way too far. By the time cabinets are connected together and attached to the wall, that in its self makes for very sturdy cabinet support. Thanks for the tips.
i can't get over how good your audio is processed on these vids! Well done!
Thanks for the tips. Often times we get stuck in ruts or trends of what has worked for us in the past and don't stop and consider other, more efficient ways of doing things. I'm going to try this instead of glue next time I build cabinets.
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I really enjoyed this video. You made a lot of great points, and I will certainly take a lot of these tips for my next build. All of that being said, I have an idea that I think many people would get a kick out of and would be very useful. You are fortunate enough to have a lot of very high quality tools and a great deal of space to work in. For myself, and I am betting for many of your viewers, I am limited in tool budget and space. I would love to see you challenge yourself by doing a build with only a few hundred bucks in tools and a seriously cut down work space. I am sure that you could come up with a bunch of tips and tricks that many of us could use. Thanks.
There is a fortune's worth of tools on display. Festool is good and very expensive.
Amen I’m totally new to this but eagerly await any and all the tips I can see u type is the only tv I watch anymore 🤦♂️
Awesome video! Great info done right. Also, as a media pro...I cannot tell you how much I appreciate quality mic audio in anything on RUclips. Well done!!
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+1 for great audio quality! Something that is sadly lacking in SO many RUclips productions.
This is great, thanks so much! Awesome audio by the way, sounds like a podcast 👍
Really helpful tutorial, many thanks for taking the time to make this. Your explanations are clear and concise, which gives me the confidence to get out there and make some myself. Keep them coming 👍
Man you save m'y skin and make my life easier thank you soo much
Glad to hear that
Nice work! That is basically the way I build all my cabinet boxes. The main difference being that I don't have a wealth of Festool tools at my disposal.
Great vid.
I love that idea about temporarily pinning the pieces together to avoid clamping.
I'd just add that I wd usually sand the inside/seen faces of each piece prior to assembly.
Much more sustainable to build without glue as well because if the cabinet is no longer needed,u can reuse the screws and the plywood as well.
Excellent video Jason. You made me realize how much time I am wasting using rabbets and dadoes building cabinets. They are strong when I am done but it takes me forever.
Great informative video, I like your straight forward approach, keeping it simple while maintaining precision. I have much difficulty finding 1 1/2 in screws, l've looked at the big box and local hardware stores, none found. On-line appears to be my best option.
I use a small bead of clear latex caulk when assembling pre finished plywood cabinets, like phenoseal or dap. It leaves a nice clean looking corner when cleaned up with a putty knife covered by a wet rag. It sticks to the clear finish well. Not really necessary like you stated but will help on kitchen cabinets that might get wet at some point from a small leak under the sink.