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Notes from the Sandbox ... David Buchsbaum writes about cabinet making and the woodshop. He shares tips and techniques, and a few of his thoughts about integrating CNC into custom cabinet production.  David builds custom cabinets and furniture in Atlanta Georgia.  [Go to the Sandbox]

Cabinetmaking

 

 

CNC for All Size Cabinet Shops: What Can Your ShopBot Do?

Making cabinet components on a ShopBot CNC router has become a common practice today. The technology of manufacturing cabinet boxes, doors, drawer fronts, shelves and even countertops with a robotic tool is now well within the reach of smaller shops. Using CNC technology, cabinetmakers are now able to increase production throughput, while minimizing material handling. For example, a ShopBot CNC router can drill shelf pin holes, cut rabbets, dados and profile cut the completed panel. The operator only needs to handle the full sheet once to load the machine, and then remove the perfectly cut parts when complete. When the parts are removed from the machine they are ready for assembly.

Adding Special Features to Your Cabinets

Small and medium shops alike can take full advantage of the CNC process, not only to compete with larger automated shops, but to create value-added parts that distinguish them from competitors. A 3D relief cut on the same CNC can be used as an appliqué or accent to an otherwise ordinary panel, without the time investment of hand-carving. Door and drawer fronts can be contoured in nearly any shape, allowing you to transform an ordinary door into an extraordinary design that gets your work noticed. With a talented designer on your team, the possibilities for custom or one-off designs are endless!

Beacon Custom Woodwork

Beacon Custom Woodwork

Beacon Custom Woodwork

Hardwood Designs

Bill Majer

Beacon Custom Woodwork

Deep Cove Furniture

Gary Spear

Hardwood Designs

Hunn Cabinet Company

Hunn Cabinet Company

Hunn Cabinet Company

A Few of the Cabinetmakers using ShopBots

Beacon Custom Woodwork, David Buchsbaum, Atlanta, GA
www.beaconcustomwoodwork.com, Custom Cabinets

Hardwood Designs, Jan Bouterse, Hillsborough, NC
www.hardwooddesigns.com, Custom Cabinetry & Interiors

Hunn Cabinet Company, Ronald Hunn, Morganton, WV
www.hunncabinetco.com, Custom Cabinets

Deep Cove Furniture, Chris Raines, Parksville, BC, CANADA
www.deepcovefurniture.ca, Furniture and Custom Cabinetry

 

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A Recommended CNC Cabinetmaking Machine

Hardware for a Cabinetmaking Machine:   We have created what we consider a cabinet-shop CNC machine around our PRSalpha 96 (4x8 sheet size). Besides a high-performance PRSalpha, the cabinet machine includes a 5hp spindle, an Air Drill for automated point-to-point drilling and a 15hp vacuum pump to hold your sheet material during processing. These components are all production oriented and will provide fast efficient cutting and powerful hold-down of your work. [View a Cabinetmaking Machine cutting out parts.]

Software Makes it a Cabinetmaking System:   Cabinet shops find themselves in different situations with respect to software for designing cabinets and for creating and optimizing the files to run a CNC tool that cuts them out:

Situation a.  Some shops already have complete cabinet design software that includes tool path (CAM) capabilities as well as design, display, and rendering capabilities. If you do, you are all set. Most major cabinet software packages will directly output to your ShopBot CNC tool and you are ready for production.

Situation b.  Some shops already have complete cabinet design software but do not own the CNC or CAM module for the software. If you do, and you like the software, the easiest course for you to follow is to purchase the CAM module for your cabinet design system, you will be ready for production cutting with the cabinet making with ShopBot tool described above.

Situation c (all shops).  Whether you have a cabinet design software package or not, you will find Cabinet Parts Pro a powerful piece of software to simplify and automate making cabinets in your shop. Cabinet Parts Pro does not provide realistic renderings of finished kitchens to show your clients, but does provide a very straightforward way to create standard cabinet components for CNC cutting. Cabinet Parts Pro is included with the purchase of every Cabinetmaking Machine from ShopBot. It may be all you need if you don't require renderings to show your customers.

ShopBot Cabinetmaking Tool:                     

     PRSalpha 96x60 ShopBot
         - Includes steel and extruded aluminum table (96x60)
         - Includes ShopBot Control System Software & ShopBot PartWorks Design Software
         - Includes Z-zero Plate & XY Proximity Switches
     4hp Spindle (priced as 230v, 3phase, HSD)
     Starter Bit Kit (8 useful cutters to get you started; for spindle or router)
     Air Drill (for automating point-to-point drilling operations)
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16.9hp Vacuum Hold-down system (priced as 230v, 3phase, regenerative blower)
     ● Cabinet Parts Pro (software for creating cabinet components)


ShopBot Cabinetmaking Tool = $26,280


Change to PRSalpha 120 (10' X 5') Price =$28,880
Upgrade to a 5hp Spindle (priced as 230v, 3phase, Colombo) ; add $900

 

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Templating System (accurate measuring for CNC cabinet jobs)

     eTemplate Electronic Templating System

ShopBot Resources for Cabinetmakers

     Talk ShopBot Forum
     ShopBot CNC Resource Links

Web Resources for Cabinetmakers

     WoodWeb
     ISWonline

Business Resources for Cabinetmakers

     CabinetMaker Magazine:  http://www.cabinetmakeronline.com/
     Furniture Design & Manufacturing Magazine:  http://www.fdmonline.com/
     The Woodworker’s Gazette:  http://www.woodworking.org/WC/gazette.html
     Kitchen & Bath Business:  http://www.kbbonline.com/kbb/index.jsp
 

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