cannot add center stile to this cab...
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cannot add center stile to this cab...
any ideas why? also, the top faceframe opening doesnt recognize all the rails in the ff editor.
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Re: cannot add center stile to this cab...
No idea...jim graham wrote:any ideas why? ...
Jim,jim graham wrote:...also, the top faceframe opening doesnt recognize all the rails in the ff editor.
In the Face Frame Editor I deleted the second rail from the top, and NOW the two (small) top openings work as expected.
I am not sure, but I believe that corner cabinets forbid the creation of partitions, and center stiles. I hope others will let me know if I am wrong...
I used a display board to add a stile in the top opening - see the image below.
Al
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Re: cannot add center stile to this cab...
At 1:02AM - too late/early for me, Rick!!! .Rick Palechuk wrote:Well that doesn't work. You can't adjust the thickness separately. Display part?
From an earlier post by yours truly:
Al Navas wrote:... I used a display board to add a stile in the top opening - see the image below...
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Jim,
The best way to handle this type of cabinet is to turn your corner cabinet into a framless cabinet and then build a regular cabinet and delete all but the face frame and use that face frame on your corner cabinet. You will then be able to add shelves to the corner cabinet and partitions and mid stiles to the face frame to create an assembly that does what you want.
Kerry
The best way to handle this type of cabinet is to turn your corner cabinet into a framless cabinet and then build a regular cabinet and delete all but the face frame and use that face frame on your corner cabinet. You will then be able to add shelves to the corner cabinet and partitions and mid stiles to the face frame to create an assembly that does what you want.
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Kerry,Kerry Fullington wrote:Jim,
The best way to handle this type of cabinet is to turn your corner cabinet into a framless cabinet and then build a regular cabinet and delete all but the face frame and use that face frame on your corner cabinet. You will then be able to add shelves to the corner cabinet and partitions and mid stiles to the face frame to create an assembly that does what you want.
Kerry
I am a VERY dense today, so I must ask: Is this a three-step process? i.e.,
1. First, make the corner cabinet a frameless cabinet
2. THEN build a separate/regular base/upper cabinet (NOT a corner cabinet), and delete all but the face frame
3. THEN use this face frame on the frameless corner cabinet built in step 1, to make an assembly?
Thanks! And I am sorry if I did not understand your explanation above but had to break it down into something my slow brain can absorb...
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Is this the idea?
Kerry,
I wonder if this is getting close to your suggestions? The dimensions I used prevented me from using fixed shelves.
I appreciate any and all input. Thanks!
Al
I wonder if this is getting close to your suggestions? The dimensions I used prevented me from using fixed shelves.
I appreciate any and all input. Thanks!
Al
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Al,
I didn't download your cabinet but it looks like you have it. There are still problems with this method because you can't have any joinery between the two cabinets except a butt joint. If you use fixed shelves in the corner cabinet and place partitions in the frame cabinet they can only butt unless you use the part editor to create other joinery.
Kerry
I didn't download your cabinet but it looks like you have it. There are still problems with this method because you can't have any joinery between the two cabinets except a butt joint. If you use fixed shelves in the corner cabinet and place partitions in the frame cabinet they can only butt unless you use the part editor to create other joinery.
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Thanks, Kerry.
I think I finally have the method down, somewhat. In real life, machining it (Edit to add: machining by hand, not on a CNC router) could get tricky, especially with partitions - the shelf dimensions must be calculated very carefully for each side, to avoid unsightly gaps.
One of the problems I did run into: I was unable to used fixed shelves (would result in \"unstable\"...), but adjustable was OK. I will continue to play with the settings to see how to make this work.
Question: At what point in eCabinet Systems does a design become \"unstable\"?
Thanks again!
Al
I think I finally have the method down, somewhat. In real life, machining it (Edit to add: machining by hand, not on a CNC router) could get tricky, especially with partitions - the shelf dimensions must be calculated very carefully for each side, to avoid unsightly gaps.
One of the problems I did run into: I was unable to used fixed shelves (would result in \"unstable\"...), but adjustable was OK. I will continue to play with the settings to see how to make this work.
Question: At what point in eCabinet Systems does a design become \"unstable\"?
Thanks again!
Al