I'm going to be building laundry area cabinets as my first woodworking project and I wanted to see if I can get feedback on my plans. I want to be confident that I'm approaching this in the right way and am not overlooking anything. After a ton of sketching and erasing I've loosely put my plan to paper. I'm not sure if I sketched it the right way, but it's what made sense at that moment. Once I'm set on this part of the plan I will be sketching out the individual boxes and their dimensions.
As a note since I forgot to write it on the sketch, I'd like the cabinet above the washer to be 30" depth so it sits flush with the washer. The other two cabinets I'd ideally have be 26" or 24" deep.
For the construction I bought some 3/4" baltic birch plywood for the sides and bottom, and 1/4" for the back. I'll be using maple for the door stiles and rails and more of the 1/4" baltic birch for the panels. Right now for the two tall cabinets I'm leaning towards glued dados with screws for the cabinet bottom as well as the shelf divide between the upper and lower cabinets. For the top of the tall cabinet I'm thinking rabbet with glue and screws. I'm thinking a brace at the top, and middle, of the back of the tall cabinets sitting behind the 1/4" backing. The smaller cabinet will be rabbets with glue and screws and just one brace. Inside the large cabinet I'd like to have pull out shelving in the main portion and a shelf in the upper area.
I have some concerns about this plan and I don't know if I'm overthinking it, or if they're valid. Is a 96" cabinet with sliding shelves too big as a single cabinet? None of the stuff that gets stored in there is particularly heavy, but I want to be cautious as I don't want my cause of death to be "crushed by homemade cabinet while trying to pull out a roll of toilet paper".
Running a dado across the width of a 96" panel seems like it could be a real challenge on a table saw. I could see it getting a bit wobbly and ending up with an uneven line. Is that realistic?
Forgot to mention I'm thinking 3/4" fillers on the sides and top. Math was never my forte and fractions less so. I still need to work out the inner dimension of my cabinets and I hope they're not a completely obnoxious fraction for me to deal with.
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The current space, what a mess.
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Really appreciate all feedback and perspectives. People were super helpful on my earlier simple question about rulers.