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I finally gave up on my old way of cutting drawer fronts and it saved my sanity
For years, I'd cut all my drawer fronts to size first, then try to perfectly match the grain across the whole cabinet face. It was a nightmare, always leaving me with tiny gaps or mismatched patterns. Last month on a big kitchen job in Springfield, I switched to cutting them about an eighth of an inch oversized after the cabinet boxes were installed. I trim them to a perfect fit right on site with a router and a flush trim bit. The difference in the final look is unbelievable. Anyone else have a specific on-site trick that changed their finish work?
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uma_ellis17d ago
My old boss in St. Louis would have fired me for wasting a whole sheet of plywood with my old method. The new way sounds like it saves more than just sanity, it probably saves a marriage or two.
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the_emery15d ago
That trick saved me a ton of material too.
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