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First step is paring the wood for the doors... here I am recreating nature. Putting same board from same tree where it seems to belong.
The most important parts of this type of cabinet are the doors! They make it or break it. Here are 2 possibilities... the spalted shedua or the figured... I can chose one or the other and the back will be made from the one not selected. The smaller pair will make the sides. Here we will see how to make book-matched pairs with solid wood. It is a key element in the appearance or asymmetrical orientation can be selected. The back will be a floating panel since the grain suggests potentially an expansion problem. Still we can use it to square the cabinet. The mortising for hinges and joinery is done before glue up. The doors are planed to fit in place. It takes a bit of fore thought and if it doesn't look good... it will burn nicely since it is dry to 6% moisture. I paired , glued up all the panels including the tops and bottoms of the 2 cabinets. Then I selected the best matches starting with the most important... the doors.
On a large sled I cut the panels with a great deal of care...using a marking knife to insure the measurements were consistent.
The rear panel is oriented against the grain of the top and bottom. So I am creating expansion joints and will let the panel "float" though by use of an internal ledger. It can be used to square and secure the cabinet laterally. The joints are M &T and the corner detail also is an interlock expansion joint.
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