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Building and Installing Cabinets

Bob confers with carpenters David Ives and Bob Ryley as they construct and install cabinets in the Loft Project in Boston.

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" This is a complicated job I mean. You're architects has provided you with shop drawings and some of them are actually full scale right we have some full scale drawings that we can actually identify each item and each cut perfectly. How do you get started. You've got five different boxes to make right what we do principles we get an idea of -- totally out which we have every cabinet. Identified in the face. Layout and that we have -- our top view and basements. So we can really look at each piece and take it. Cut on each piece and you gonna -- one of the pieces made witches. Where does this one ago what this is going to be the first cabinet which is gonna go right on the stairs here right baluster and we're -- scribe it right into the stairs and the construction is pretty simple everything is just kind of -- in. Yes we have the dados here for the support on the shelves. And I would cut right into both sides of the of vertical so right and then it would solve this case work will be painted out it's going to be lacquer. Painted on the fit on the friends and we're gonna put -- basement right. -- You're in the process of cutting pieces for the next box this is case number two in this is our vertical is one of our senator friends okay and what are you what are you working on right here I'm going to start on one of the next thesis for the case number two I haven't set -- rip. So I can start cutting this went through go ahead."

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" As a fine tuning. -- Yes like there. But this have to be really precision that's why you're doing that yes OK."

" Brian you are. Challenged here you gotta admit to this this is. Part of the design the end of the curve wall if you will which dog legs in to separate the the sleeping alcove and bedroom area. But the design calls for. An opening. And a series of wooden shutters that we'll slide into these pockets here. This pocket and on the other side how do you go about figuring out the geometry of cutting edge a piece of wallboard here. Well first we take that two largest dimensions the whip and a wife yeah then we'll cut a piece of -- little rough -- of the war -- that was dimension of the two largest dimensions establish the rough size and you cut a rectangle that rough -- correct yes and we fine -- our measurements are taken to dimensions from here to here. And here -- here. And one dimension from here to here right then on the other side I'll take one dimension. From here to here in the -- simply connect the dots you already marked it correct. Yeah that's simple enough. And then how do you go about cutting it. Then from here we -- keyhole saw. And we finish it up with a knife. The trick is to it. Apply pressure evenly. And do it you know steadily without trying to go to fast. -- snap it went back up she. OK let's see how it -- OK so dias -- it down now already keep on dry -- it no we screw it down right. Now into the back section that hasn't into pieces and I've got that ready if you can can mean extra. Okay -- same procedure as the first. Score it lightly."

" They just snap it. Then back -- it. Can. OK. And then another cut on this when it."

" It -- up the -- And touch the future. Okay."

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