I haven't built a cabinet in quite a long time and I've forgotten lots. I've been almost exclusively playing with my lathe. I decided to build a cabinet to go under a wall mounted TV. I have some nicely figured maple that is 1/4" thick and were guitar seconds (I purchased them on this forum). I cut them to the largest size I could get from them, laminated them to 3/4" maple playwood, and glued on a walnut frame.
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Since I was going to be liimited by the size of those boards, I decided to start with the doors. I realize that this may have been backwards, but it's already done. The doors are about 16 1/4" x 7 1/4". Eight doors (4 pairs).
My first, very basic sketch, was this:
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My preference now is to have the doors all as close together as possible, like this:
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I'm thinking that I build a carcass with virtually no face frame - just strips of walnut to cover the plywood edges. And find hinges that will allow me to fit those doors in tight. Am I on the right track? Am I asking for trouble going for such tight tolerances? Any suggestions on which hinge to use (those hinge catalogs are damn confusing)? Any suggestions of videos to watch or articles to read to give me some guidance?
Thanks for any help.
David