Have you ever looked at a piece of curved furniture and wondered how it was made? Chances are good that if the piece is made from Solid Wood, you're looking at a Coopered Panel. A Coopered Panel (or Coopered Door) is a piece of Woodwork that is made by gluing up a series of smaller [...]
Can you believe spring is here? It’s time to open the windows and get the germs out of the house! If you’re anything like me, I do a deep clean every spring at home and at the office. There’s no better feeling than a nice clean working area. I usually set aside an entire weekend [...]
When you spend the bulk of your career doing Custom Cabinet Work for the Residential Market - it presents a unique set of challenges. Of those challenges, there has been one that seemed quite intimidating when I first encountered it. It was a curved cabinet with a 5-Piece Radius Door. Over the past decade I [...]
Before I started working in the engineering side of Architectural Millwork and Custom Cabinets - I worked out on the shop floor. Early in my career, I spent about five years working for a company that dealt almost exclusively in Commercial Casework. I spent the bulk of my time pulling Plastic Laminate from Job Bins [...]
Back when I was in High School, I was fortunate enough to be involved in a Vocational Cabinetmaking Program that took part in Student Built Homes. These homes were designed and built with the understanding that students would gain hands on experience in their respective trades. My Cabinetmaking Instructor was, for lack of a better [...]
At one point in time, if someone were to walk into your Cabinet Shop and hand you a piece of one-off molding to match - it could be quite the challenge. With the advancement of technology today, Matching Custom Molding is much easier than it used to be. Today I’d like to take you through [...]
About fifteen years ago, I was working in a small Custom Cabinet Shop here in Pennsylvania. Because it was a small operation, the shop did not have any automation. You had to be versatile in order to work there. We had to be able to perform a variety of tasks from the initial lumber selection [...]
With over 16,000 cabinet manufacturers in the United States, it is no surprise that the market continues to grow at a steady rate. The total revenue for 2019 exceeds 16.9 billion Over the past 5 years, the cabinet industry has seen a steady growth of 2.5%. Did you know that 63% of clients splurge on [...]
Did you know that when you are remodeling your kitchen, 10-15% of your budget is typically spent on countertops? When you think about all of the items you have to decide on (appliances, cabinets, flooring, paint, and countertops), that's a pretty big chunk of your budget. Deciding on what to choose can be quite overwhelming. [...]
Not all projects require shop drawings to complete a job. Yet, when needed, shop drawings are a vital part of the overall project. In today's blog, I will dig into the shop drawing process. For this article, we will be focusing on millwork and casework. Additionally, I will focus on the custom cabinetry and furniture end [...]
