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Building a China Cabinet

Bob confers with cabinetmaker Brian Comeaux as he builds then installs a dining room china cabinet for the Studio City bungalow.
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Building a China Cabinet

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" So Bryant went when you get shop drawing from an architect and this is a complicated one. Bob where he gets started. I mean this is a whole wall. We start on the of the face frame we are going to do this in two sections because of the overall heights it's not going to fit in the doorway. And so the bottom section -- what we're start with and we're gonna do layout of the face frame. -- the dimensions of the thing you -- warranty. A 104 inches and fired a Newton by eight foot tall he had us all a big affair. All right you know one thing that we should observe is that in the 1920s when the house was built. Something like this -- the corresponding when in the dining room would have broken -- would have been built in place right correct yeah. And now it doesn't make economic sense to have a definitely is you have carpenters bills yeah so how did you make this. This is the -- straight for the bottom -- almost finished with a yes you know it's all fell together -- We opted to do that just for strength because in the it. Exactly and they nailed everything yet and we didn't want to see all the -- since it's not going to be -- OK so these are the Stiles the vertical pieces and these are the rails the horizontal pieces of this -- And let's talk about the last one here how how are you joining you're using dollars and Lou we're using -- doing what we do as we line up. You've already got those holes and placed over there yeah we have these already. And we we line up or or ends. And just make lines to to transfer. Tuned machine and that's -- the center point of good to. But you've already drilled. We're to Markham so I know we're all my joints are so you can -- drill for these do you know we used. Horizontal boring machine here. This is an old shop Smith. Pre 1940s. We -- her her. Pencil lines up with a lawyer and here we senators everything out and just folded and clamp it down. And turned the gun -- Now we're gluing and then putting dolls and I. Yeah we are. Were they in turn reduce. I -- just a minimal squeeze out on this you don't just enough glued to give a little squeeze out. So that we you know you're glue is totally covering all covers on the surface can do the other Schneider has put down the fort. Kids glue in this when. There should be an easy fit. You know these these journals are for removes a -- That we do have to clamp to piece together don't know him. -- It might blow up in the middle of attended too much you know we're gonna Graham put a clamp here. And keep her from Boeing's with our joints as a great clips OK. The most important part of putting together big case piece like this is what you're doing right now getting the right amount of glue. On each and every joist. You know the glue really helps the strength. When the nails give the waves of approval went okay now from the face frame can go right on there. You know. -- critical end his year end to line up. Feels right. -- looks pretty good Bryant. The biggest you're halfway there. You know."

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