Carcass Assembly Part 5b

[kw757]

Quality product?? You don't even have backs on your cabinets!

[MrNightwings74]

what do you think about the Kreg Jig? would you use it? i mean i understand that it has the holes but you can but the holes that fill it up.

[tomx63]

fantastic series of videos, joe fusco. very helpful. thanks for posting!

[oshendrive]

Nice work Joe, Could you help with a comprehensive list of equipment for making kitchen cabinetry. I'm looking at setting up a wood shop as a hobby. Thanks

[goodgooglegoo]

MAN ?? This is getting better and better .....

this old dog is learning some seriously NEW TRICKS of THE TRADE.

[lnhislmage]

Is this true that Joe passed away in May 2010 ? If so my condolances to his family and all who new him.

[topper326]

love your videos. very helpful. where is part 4 and 5a. missed them. thanks again for your great teaching

[cleric022684]

@topper326 Unfortunately for us he passed away in May last year

[goodgooglegoo]

@cleric022684 - My GOODNESS

I'm really sorry to hear that .......

[cleric022684]

@goodgooglegoo me too

[treckie77]

Thanks for the great video's Joe, you will be missed

[5ofNov]

What is your opinion about using the Kreg pockethole system? I built the cabinetry for a 9 x 4 walk-in closet and it turned out beautiful, no glue what-so-ever and strong as can be.

[Kaidoscope]

very nice, helped a lot

[goldenscales]

What happened to part 4?

[landownunder]

Very helpful.....Thanks so much for sharing your expertise ...

[joefusco1960]

nevate11aleye,

It would be less expensive if you had the skill or at least the willingness to "try" at your expense and the tools needed to make them. Birch is a good wood, but can be difficult to stain. In your case the fact you want a darker stain works in your favor the tougher the wood is to stain the better it looks dark ;-). As far as "what's next" just watch them all ;-) good luck.

[nevate11aleye]

Joe I love your vids, but I got lost after watching the 3rd. I don't know which follows. I would love to do my kitchen. Would it be cheaper to make my own cabinets or buy them? and if so I hear that the best wood is Birch is this true? and can this wood be stained into a dark chocolate walnut color.

[normanmj]

I like your vids Joe. Keep up the good work.

[drmodestoesq]

Joe I don't know if you would agree or not but one of the huge benefits of building your own cabinets is you can make them out of plywood. This adds a very small cost to the total project. Plywood will cost maybe 100 dollars more than particle board for the whole kitchen. Some of the stuff I have assembled for other people's kitchens out of particle board...what can I tell you, I felt as if it was going to fall apart in my hands. Especially with those quick assemble systems.

[joefusco1960]

jrocks,

The wood is a 3/4 prefinished maple plywood. The best i can do on the way of tips is to watch the rest of the video's ;-)

[jrocks420]

what kind of wood was that you used im making a base cab for my kitchen do u have any tips for doing base cabs for a kitchen

[syahir80]

Joe, can I use nail, instead of screw?

[joefusco1960]

syahir80,

In my experience you shouldn't use nails in place of screws, they have difference holding properties. So stick with the screws ;-)

[syahir80]

I can wait to see the finish product, I'm planning and learning something to do with my new house. This video give me a lot....

[smelt11]

Joe whats the name of screws you use

[joefusco1960]

smelt11,

The screw are 2" square drive auger tipped wood screws. They also have a few burs on the head to help them countersink.

That's the best I have for a name ;-)

[jrichardson6]

Hi Joe! from London England , These are great videos! I have the festool saw fantastic and the c12 also fantastic! Next i get the mini dust extraction... thats the way I build kitchen units too , usually I router a rebate at the back for a sheet of 9mm mdf it adds a lot to the square and rigidity , when is part 6 of the cabinet series coming....! regards john

[slamo39]

Hi great work and very informative. Can't wait to see the rest of the series and see the finish kitchen :). Keep up the good work and once your finish I follow your steps and start remodeling my kitchen. Thanks for Canada

[wetkenny]

hey joe,

really helpful, really informative. best video series of the kind I've seen. quick question, what would you do if you were to have one side of a cabinet at the end of the row visible? would you still use the screws?

[joefusco1960]

wetkenny,

I'm working on the video what show just what you asked, now only if I get sometime to finish it ;-).

I still use screws but they are filled and a strip of edge banding is applied around the plywood and a finished end panel is hen applied over it.

[bama658]

Great video series. Can't wait to see the rest of them (i.e. door making etc). I looked at you site and you do superb work. Keep up the good work on the video series.

[joefusco1960]

bama658,

Thanks for the kind comments. I'll do my best to keep putting the vid's out, but sometimes it takes longer then I'd like ;-(

[CulleyInCanby]

Joe, I'm building white cabinets. MDF or maple carcasses? If maple, what grade?

[joefusco1960]

CulleyInCanby,

I guess you mean a painted white cabinet. If so, either would work well, but if you went with a maple box I look for C3 as the grade. Now I hope I understood your question correctly ;-)

[zunapoli]

Great video series! The 'cutting on the flat' particularly helped me. Did you say orbital screw doesn't need predrilling? I looked it up on yahoo to get a better look at it, but nothing came up.

[joefusco1960]

Zunapoli,

I said it was auger tip screws that don't need to be pre-drilled. Sorry about that some time mumble ;-).

Hey but I'm glad you like the vid. Give it a rating if you have some time.

Thanks Joe.

[HotmaxGuitarplayer]

Thank you Joe. Great video. With Love from Russia.

[willot1]

Great videos Joe. Like the simple yet functionality of these units. Are you planning to post further progress on this series, ie doors and drawers, glide and hinge installations?

[joefusco1960]

Willot1,

Thanks for the comment and yes I will be posting more on this including the final install of the complete kitchen.