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Building Bathroom Vanity Boxes at the Cabinet Shop

Bob visits the shop where vanity cabinets are made and gets a hands-on demonstration of how the units are constructed.
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Building Bathroom Vanity Boxes at the Cabinet Shop

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" What do you call this it's a vertical panels. -- the most important pieces in our shop here. What this does allow are cut to become very square what do you have to pay for something like this it's actually confident about 18000 dollars in back in 1986 to apply it twice today she doesn't work. We're also that you're cut at -- her eyes."

" For him. We have one -- air all the lines or else they get -- kitchen cabinet panels and doors. Cut very quickly."

" We're worked very well obviously we have an -- moved out here now that the Arctic here branding him. -- these that's the next step edge banding that there. OK so this machine will attach. The edge banding which is basically. More or -- are plastic laminate. That goes on the edges right yes. In an exciting now what would you please start the motivate and run more here."

" Edward what the body of David bloom pop right here. We're attributing who pretty blew through there. -- people there. It's driven. -- back. And -- all along. --"

" This. We have a panel pretty sharp. It was a good Trinidad all right because the cardboard were made here though this is the line boring machine. I guess that means. And again have drill -- senate makes about all the ones right. That's correct it has fire drill -- is all of our hardware amount on this. We'll carry that right down. You get jig setup all of that's correct we we do all of our drawer slides are door hinges. You can normative system. All right so once you've got all these different panels and components done. You can mount the -- the box together we have what we use a bit biscuit -- that -- who have been involved in --"

" OK so you get your biscuits over here and posted. Bodies that the rest of the component further vanity the -- all the pieces that are going to and then chemicals boxes and you can see how. They fit together. These actually when the glue hits in the wood in the biscuit expands doesn't it if you hold that could -- that the strength of the of the joints don't tell you make the actual -- cuts. Who reported into merger here. Well of course of the biscuit cutter. And remarks here to line up worth. -- Plunges right in. And you put that many not that but all that was to -- the bottom where the bottle goes in will be your mobile -- sure."

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