10 Tips and Tools for Building Better Cabinets

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⏱️ Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:30 Best Cabinet Plywood
02:23 Drawer Slide Install Hack
03:34 Two Sided Tape is KING
04:35 Sizing Your Cabinets
06:30 Using Relative Measurements
09:23 Drawer Front Install Trick
10:37 True Position Hardware Jig
11:17 Pocket Holes Don't Suck
12:48 Pocket Hole Jigs
14:15 Sizing and Spacing Drawers
15:26 Shelf Pin Jigs

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[williamkamp]

Just another great video that makes me feel like I can build my own cabinets

[Grimster]

I feel like that cat that ate the canary, a (not so local) cabinet shop was WAY over stock on 1/2" UV Birch and I bought 30 sheets for $22 a sheet, per SHEET (yes 4x8). I'm gonna feel like a monster when I use that for underlayment.

[t.e.]

I just watched 3 or 4 videos and have to say I really enjoy like how you keep things moving along. You share a lot of info and a relatively short span of time. No fluff, dumb, dry humor that is painful to watch or loud obnoxious music playing over your speaking. Thank you and you've got another subscriber.

[AshOnTop]

Thanks, I picked up a bunch of tips! For laying out drawer slides, plywood is a great idea. But if you start from the lowest slide and cut pieces to stack up to all your slide install lines you can use the same pieces of plywood to lay out the drawer slides in more than one cabinet instead of cutting up a piece of plywood for each one. If you start from the top and cut it down to size as you go you lose the width of the kerf and can't reuse. Even if you are only making one, you can still do all the slides on one side at the same time instead of switching back and forth and there's no running to the saw every few minutes. It'll save a lot of time- efficiency in all things comes from doing repetitive tasks as many times as possible without moving.

[BeauChampion]

Fantastic video. Definitely one of the best cabinet Q&A type videos I've seen.

I love that in several sections you offered an affordable jig/tool and an upgrade option, especially for things like pocket holes and shelf pins where the affordable option remains useful even after you upgrade.

[garyburnett]

I’ve been making cabinets for 30+ years and I learned a ton from this video. Thank you.

[johnjensen]

I love your no BS and high info style of teaching/explaining. Nice video, please keep it up!

[Feller]

At 70 years old I am planning to redo our 50 year old kitchen and my intention is to build the cabinets myself. I really enjoy your videos, very informative and educational. I do though have a question. In the background of many scenes of this video there is a three door wall cabinet. The doors have a wider gap between the center and right door than the center and left door. Is there a reason for this?

[cuebj]

Superb video. Not a lot new to me bit all in one place - materials, tools, methods. Clear, well-spoken. And I can translate to millimetres in my head (UK, started from age 4 with £, shillings, pence, ha'pennies and miles, yards, feet, inches, and tons, cwt, pounds, ounces, and gallons, quarts and UK pints at 20 floz. Age 15, we went decimal and did science to university). It's a useful and fun discipline to beat folk with calculators!

[Chuck.S.]

Golden Rule - There is no substitute for experience.

[mauricecooper]

I did not know that pre finished plywood was still paintable. I have been looking for pre finished on one side for my kitchen because i planned on painting them. You just saved me a huge headache!

[buzzpatch]

saved this vid -to review as i did project
great tips that i used.
and i really liked the way you presented
the whole process.

[TheVestinius]

love building with prefinished c2 maple plywood :). Local distributor has it for $105 / sheet, and it is definitely my go to when building new cabinets for customers don't care what the material is.

[childofatom]

06:00 I'm a drummer, and I also happen to be Italian. We use the metric system here so I was spacing out while you were laying out (eheh) the standard measures... But man those drums in the background music sound amazing!
Aaand nice tips too lol

[charlesschmitt]

I really enjoy your videos. I bought your plans for the drill charging station, and it has really improved my shop organization. You inspired an Ephinay when you explained why you use pre-finished plywood. I find myself not wanting to finish shop projects, but it makes so much more sense to use pre-finished plywood because you don't have to sand or set up to spray the project. Thank you for your videos. They are very helpful for me.

[ftnirish]

Hands down, one of the most informative Q&A video. Thx

[johnford]

A lot of very useful information. Thank you very much for sharing.

[JoeWoodMakeThat]

Thanks for the video… i woodwork but haven’t made kitchen grade cabinets. Appreciate the full breakdown 🫡

[andrewwhewall]

Really, really useful video. I'm just about to embark on my most ambitious woodwork job ever - building my own kitchen. Your video is a great help.