The woodworking video podcast and blog of Al Navas

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Duration: 8 min. 58 sec.

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In an earlier post I showed a cabinet I “built” using eCabinet Systems software, to match the design of an existing Krenov cabinet.

In this episode I show the changes I have made to the same cabinet, to adapt the design to something my client has in mind. Other than editing the video to remove long pauses, I show the modifications to the cabinet to:

  1. Add shelves and partitions

  2. Change the size of the boards I imported - I show the “cuts” made to fit the space available

  3. Additional changes to achieve a more balanced design

On purpose, I left in the video mistakes I made while using the software. Let me know if you catch them :) . I left these in to show how easy it is to recover from a mistake - it is easy to forget specific steps if one has not used the software for some time.

To keep things moving and to keep you from getting (too) bored, I sped up the video by a factor of 3. I also did not narrate the video, to prevent additional boredom. Instead, I used sub-titles to describe what was happening.



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About Me

My name is Al Navas, and I live in NW Missouri with my bride of many years. We are both woodworkers who love to be in the shop together, sharing wonderful times. She is a woodturner, and also carves and does pyrography. I do what many call flat work, which includes jewelry boxes to blanket chests; armoires to entertainment centers; church altars to prayer kneelers; custom cabinets to rustic furniture. In our “spare” time in the shop we make toys, bird houses, etc., for our granddaughters. In late 2007 we finished serving as officers for the St Joseph Woodworkers Guild.