Some of my cabinet jobs - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

ArmstrCarpentry · 01-25-2009, 10:56 AM

Pics of a couple of kitchens I recently did cabinets for...

ArmstrCarpentry · 01-25-2009, 10:58 AM

Here's a few more

TBFGhost · 01-25-2009, 10:58 AM

Nice! Reminds me of a friends kitchen.

ArmstrCarpentry · 01-25-2009, 11:01 AM

and I couple more

ArmstrCarpentry · 01-25-2009, 11:02 AM

I posted one of the pics 2xs

cleveman · 01-25-2009, 11:06 AM

looks nice. How do you like to secure the glass in the door?

ArmstrCarpentry · 01-25-2009, 11:09 AM

I use points and glaze in all my glass doors

TimelessQuality · 01-25-2009, 11:21 AM

Nice work! Interesting doors... does the beadboard float or glued up?

BKFranks · 01-25-2009, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by cleveman

looks nice. How do you like to secure the glass in the door?

I order all my doors, drawer fronts, and drawer boxes from Corona Millworks. They route the inside of the door if you order them for glass and provide a clear vinyl stop that goes in after the glass. I use the same glass company as I do for mirrors and shower enclosures and the customer picks whatever type of glass they want.

ArmstrCarpentry · 01-25-2009, 11:36 AM

It took me a while to come up with the door style, I cant give up my exact construction method - but I use no glue on the doors, all materials are standard 3/4 stock (no t&G), they are built to allow for expansion & contraction - I have done about 20 kitchens / baths with this style door over the last 10 years and never had any callback issues with the doors...

world llc · 01-25-2009, 12:37 PM

nice job... makes me want to get drawer slides on some of my cabinets..... can never see or get to what's in the back!!!

sausagefingers · 01-25-2009, 01:07 PM

Those all remind me of a retro 50s style kitchens, with beadboard haha. Looks awesome.

cleveman · 01-25-2009, 03:09 PM

Are you serious about the glaziers points and the putty? You must have a pretty deep rabbet to make it so you can't see the putty from the outside? I couldn't drive glaziers points very far into oak.

ArmstrCarpentry · 01-25-2009, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by cleveman

Are you serious about the glaziers points and the putty? You must have a pretty deep rabbet to make it so you can't see the putty from the outside? I couldn't drive glaziers points very far into oak.

The rabbet cuts about 1/2 inch wide x 1/2 deep - haven't had any issues with seeing the points or glaze on the outside of the door - Most of my stuff is done with pine - I couldn't imagine trying to stick points into oak (without breaking the glass).

Magnettica · 01-25-2009, 11:11 PM

Very nice cabinets.

**Gus Dering** · 01-26-2009, 03:01 PM

Nice work.
I'm curious though.
Do you ever outsource your doors? If not why?

Do you ever use concealed hinges?

Do you offer flush inset doors? What kind of hinge do you use if you do?

What about your drawer boxes, do you ever outsource those?

ArmstrCarpentry · 01-26-2009, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Gus Dering

Nice work.
I'm curious though.
Do you ever outsource your doors? If not why?

Do you ever use concealed hinges?

Do you offer flush inset doors? What kind of hinge do you use if you do?

What about your drawer boxes, do you ever outsource those?

We do all the work ourselves from boxes to doors, we can build them cheaper than outsourcing and I can guarantee the quality... We use 3/4 finish grade ply on the boxes and the faces on most of my cabinets are done with premium grade pine (living in the pine tree state I have great access to cheap white pine). As far as pricing the basic 12ft kitchen with solid pine (base and upper) runs around $2000 locally delivered (un-finished, no hardware except hinges, and not installed).

We usually install the doors with standard self closing hinges and drawers on 100lb bottom mount slides. Have not tried to do inset doors. Lots of cabins in the Bridgton lakes region - its sort of a niche market...

**Gus Dering** · 01-27-2009, 11:22 AM

Wow!
It's not a surprise that cabinetry is less expensive in Maine than it is here in Sonoma County in California. But it is surprising how much cheaper it is.
You are talking about a line of cabinets for roughly $165 a ft. I can't touch that.
I'm sure there are a host of great reasons. Lower everything there and high as a cat's back everything here, but its easy to say that we are in the neighborhood of at least double.

I have a great appreciation for a shop that does everything. It obviously is working for you.
My market is too diverse to even consider making my own doors. A basic raised panel door can be purchased for slightly more than I can buy the material for. And then there is all the different profiles. I can not imagine tooling up to offer half the doors in one catalog.
Sometimes I long for a more simple life. If I could get away with what you got going on there I would jump at it. But then again if I remember correctly it gets a little chilly up in Maine.

neolitic · 01-27-2009, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Gus Dering

Wow!
It's not a surprise that cabinetry is less expensive in Maine than it is here in Sonoma County in California. But it is surprising how much cheaper it is.
You are talking about a line of cabinets for roughly $165 a ft. I can't touch that.
I'm sure there are a host of great reasons. Lower everything there and high as a cat's back everything here, but its easy to say that we are in the neighborhood of at least double.

I have a great appreciation for a shop that does everything. It obviously is working for you.
My market is too diverse to even consider making my own doors. A basic raised panel door can be purchased for slightly more than I can buy the material for. And then there is all the different profiles. I can not imagine tooling up to offer half the doors in one catalog.
Sometimes I long for a more simple life. If I could get away with what you got going on there I would jump at it. But then again if I remember correctly it gets a little chilly up in Maine.

And they have this plague
called "No-Seeums"!

But really nice cabinets.

ArmstrCarpentry · 01-27-2009, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Gus Dering

If I could get away with what you got going on there I would jump at it. But then again if I remember correctly it gets a little chilly up in Maine.

Yea it gets cold up here - we have been below zero most of the last month (hit -50f one night a couple of weeks ago up north) and yea the bugs will eat you alive... The winters get harder as I get older.

The economy for Maine residents is hard and the taxes are crazy (50% of the residents get some sort of government \ state aid and the other 50% get to pay for it). But property is cheap - you can still buy 100 acre lots for under 75k - lots of woods.

I am fortunate enough to live in an area of Maine that has a lot of 2nd properties owned by out of state folks (unfortunately though most are from Mass) - real Maine residents cant afford to do any sort of renovations or repairs other than band-aids - I don't really do any work for Mainers anymore...

On the other side we have simple life's with little crime other than the drunk wife beaters and domestic stuff - no gang crap or big time drug stuff anyway... Its a hard life but its a good life i guess (for now)