Ken Cobbing
12-12-2020, 1:07 PM
Hi all,
I'm a beginner at cabinet making and am currently working on a new bathroom vanity.
I have built the base cabinet with 3/4" baltic birch including a full back.
I'm trying to figure out the stretchers - both size and position. I think best practice is to position stretchers at both the front and back of the top of the cabinet - is that correct?
If so, the problem is there just isn't much room after accounting for the sink and faucet.
I have attached a photo of the base cabinet so far as well as a diagram showing the inside depth of the base cabinet (20") and the proposed positions of the sink and faucet.
As you can see, there is only 2" of open space in front of the sink's front flange, and 1" behind the faucet.
I thought that I can just put a 2" stretcher at the front of the sink (kind of narrow, but OK?), and another 2" stretcher at the back, but use a jigsaw on the back stretcher to cut around the faucet location.
But before I do that, I thought I'd ask you all here: how would you place the stretchers?
Thanks for reading!
I'm a beginner at cabinet making and am currently working on a new bathroom vanity.
I have built the base cabinet with 3/4" baltic birch including a full back.
I'm trying to figure out the stretchers - both size and position. I think best practice is to position stretchers at both the front and back of the top of the cabinet - is that correct?
If so, the problem is there just isn't much room after accounting for the sink and faucet.
I have attached a photo of the base cabinet so far as well as a diagram showing the inside depth of the base cabinet (20") and the proposed positions of the sink and faucet.
As you can see, there is only 2" of open space in front of the sink's front flange, and 1" behind the faucet.
I thought that I can just put a 2" stretcher at the front of the sink (kind of narrow, but OK?), and another 2" stretcher at the back, but use a jigsaw on the back stretcher to cut around the faucet location.
But before I do that, I thought I'd ask you all here: how would you place the stretchers?
Thanks for reading!