Installing the Z-braces on the inside of the doors.

First to install a door stop for the doors to close against. If I could do it all over I would have just raised the floor of the cabinet.

I shim out the doors with pennies, paper, and credit cards. See, there is still a use for all three.

I saved the little spacer to set the surface mount butterfly hinges. I just line it up with opening and mark where the hinge goes. Don’t measure if possible is my motto. Just mark it.

I carefully drilled one hole at a time with the vix bit. I drill a hole.. install the screw…. repeat. If you try to drill them all at once the hinge can become misaligned.

My bit snapped so It was off to the shop for a replacement.

I use classic brass cabinet latches. Screwdriver only for driving these. No danger of skipping across the project.


Apprentice

I missed some shots of installing the trim over the ugly concrete but here are the finished results.

Long shot of kitchen. Left is award winning cabinet, middle is dishwasher panel, right is final section from this project.

So much better…..

On to making some shelves and the shoe moulding…

So without Kristin I headed to the shop. Big mistake.. I need to be double checked.

Mistake 1: Above you can see that I cut the dovetails on the front of the drawers. Dovetails go on sides! Duh…. Now they are decorative box joints. I will pin for extra strength.

Mistake 2: I did not chuck the bit tight. It slipped while cutting the dado for the drawer bottom. Here you can see the hole. I enlarged it for repair. (More on that later)

A view of the dry fit drawer.

The pullout drawers.

Repair Time
I did not want to recut the drawer part that was damaged by the loose bit. So I decided to patch it. I thought about covering it with the drawer slide but decided against it.

I ripped 1/4” material, cut it to fit, and glued it in place.

A little sanding.. a lot of putty.. good as new?

Z-braces

Back at home…My door design calls for z-braces. This took some time to mill and fit.

Setting the crossbraces.

Fitting the diagonal takes time and many trial cuts.

Bumping the mitre saw. The good news is that once you get one angle right the other fits. Geometry! Who knew?

Finished z-brace. (needs detailing).

Must get back to the shop…