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Building Kitchen Cabinets: Taunton's BLP: Expert Advice from Start to Finish (Taunton's Build Like a Pro)

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Unlock the potential of your kitchen with Building Kitchen Cabinets, the essential guide for aspiring woodworkers and DIY enthusiasts who want to create custom cabinetry that perfectly suits their space and style. This book combines expert advice with practical techniques to empower you to build stunning cabinets that not only enhance your kitchen's functionality but also reflect your personal taste. Whether you’re a seasoned woodworker or just starting, Building Kitchen Cabinets offers the expertise and confidence you need to create cabinetry that is both functional and beautiful. Transform your kitchen into a personalized space with cabinets you built yourself! Key Features:Customization at Its Best: Say goodbye to factory-made limitations! This book guides you through the process of designing and building cabinets tailored to your specific needs, including arched doors, custom cornice treatments, oversized pantry cabinets, and solid wood end panels. Comprehensive Instructions: With clear, step-by-step guidance, Udo Schmidt explains how to effectively use essential tools like routers, tablesaws, and drills to bring your cabinet designs to life. Diverse Styles: Learn how to craft a variety of drawers and doors in different styles, ensuring that your cabinets not only fit perfectly but also elevate the aesthetic of your kitchen. Smart Installation Tips: Discover how to install Euro-style concealed hinges and drawer slides for a seamless, professional finish. Improve storage efficiency with special hardware and accessories that maximize convenience. Countertop Selection: The book also covers the selection and installation of a wide range of countertops, enabling you to complete your kitchen project with a cohesive and stylish look. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Taunton Press (April 1, 2003)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1561584703


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 03


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.25 x 0.38 x 10.88 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #101,313 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #79 in Carpentry #145 in Woodworking Projects (Books) #208 in Do-It-Yourself Home Improvement (Books)


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    • Extremely good book for the newcomer to cabinetry
I'm new to cabinet-building but experienced enough in carpentry. This was an extremely useful book for me, I've never done pocket hole screws or done biscuit joining before and my first standard kitchen cabinet was by far a solid success story. They cover all the basics from standard kitchen cabinet-making, to pantry cabinets, to non-standard cabinets like corner cabinets with detailed outside faces. I'm currently redoing an entire kitchen from scratch and I'm using the book extensively. I haven't done the doors yet, but they've got some extremely nice looking door plans in place. Covers general guides for planing and joining to make your own butcher block countertops, a number of different side-facing and detailed routing plans for both doors and out-facing cabinet sides. Detailed corner cabinet build plan. They don't go into detail on how to do biscuit joinery, but that took me a 5 minute guide on youtube and I was good to go. Aside from buying the pocket screw kit and the biscuit joiner, I'm spending roughly 100 dollars in materials and something like 6-8 hours per cabinet to build the two standard oak 36 inch base cabinets I've done. I'm picky on my own work but I think they look great. Some of this would be old hat to a guy who's done a lot of cabinets and I'm sure they'd be using staples somewhere where this guy uses screws, pocket screws and biscuit joining 95% of the time but I appreciate something that's going to last a long time if put together well. I've read through a few cabinet books before and generally they'd be very general in nature ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2015 by John Thomas
    • Good information!
My husband likes this book. Great help for first time cabinet maker.
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2024 by VP
    • Good for ideas but check the math.
Overall a very good book to assist in layout and building of cabinets. The basics are covered well along with some important considerations for building and installing cabinets. It should be pointed out that there are many different ways to build cabinets and that this is just one builder's observations when building the style he prefers. I used this book along with another in the Build Like a Pro series titled, "Trim Carpentry and Built-Ins" by Clayton Dekorne which also offered some great tips for the project I was doing at the time. Trim Carpentry and Built-Ins (Build Like A Pro) The one thing that keeps this book from earning top marks is that there are flawed math formulas and measurements which can cause a great deal of frustration for users that are relying on those numbers. Other reviews have pointed several out. I found one when building a 45 degree corner cabinet and the numbers didn't work out quite right. After drawing it out full-size on the sheet of plywood I was able to build the cabinet to the numbers needed. The design of the cabinet was helpful but the math would have made it impossible to assemble if cut right from the numbers. I saw similar formula errors in about 3 other areas in the book. As a guide, this book is a good one to have around the shop. It assumes that you have an intermediate level of ability in the shop and will not teach you to use your tools. I would recommend using this book in conjunction with the other mentioned above and other resources to produce your cabinets if doing the first time. As always - measure twice, cut once. (Sometimes it helps to measure more than twice) ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2010 by J. Andrews
    • Can't believe how helpful this was
For making built-in kitchen cabinets from scratch or adding to the ones you already have, this is a great aid. I am remodeling my kitchen, purchased pre-made unfinished cabinets and needed to add cabinets the manufacturer does not make. In adding to the "other" cabinets for the kitchen, the book gave ideas for design and construction - modified by myself - for a fantastic kitchen re-make. This was extremely helpful in knowing what and how to go about making the "custom" cabinets fit and "look" like the manufacturer's cabinets. Made the job so much easier. Taunton Press, publishers of Fine Woodworking and Fine Homebuilding have hit a home run with this very helpful book. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2012 by dwbaulch
    • Packaging done correctly
The book looks new. Inside the USPS standard packaging the person that prepared it for shipping used 2 manilla file folders, a little scotch tape and ingenuity to encapsulate the paper-back book and protect its corners. Well done. Thank you for the excellent service.
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2022 by Hal W
    • This is the keeper
I bought several "building kitchen cabinet" books for reference and sold all but this one. Udo Schmidt captures the all the details that a first-time kitchen cabinet builder needs to know, and he has included plenty of pro-tips for the more seasoned craftsman as well. This is a comprehensive, well-written manual that will allow you to build high end kitchen cabinets (if that's what you want) or their more basic cousins. Udo takes the time to recommend which drawer hardware and hinges to use (there is a universe of choices, so this was particularly helpful). If you buy only one kitchen cabinet book, this is the one I would recommend. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2014 by R. Light
    • Good but beware of ERRORS!
Others have commented on the measurement errors. I'm posting in hopes of saving someone some grief. I built two of his customized 45 degree corners for end panels. I was in the glueing stage when I discovered the dimension error on page 95. The outer dimension of the 45 piece should be 4 1/16" not 5 1/8". I was able to re-cut the pieces but obviously this was a major frustration. This is careless and inexcusable on the part of the author and publisher. With these errors this book does NOT deserve the 4+ star rating it has. I gave it 3 stars because apart from this glaring problem, I found the book very useful. After viewing a few books of this type I settled on this one for my first cabinet building project. There are many ways to build cabinets. Udo uses pocket screws and plywood boxes. I find this to be a nice compromise to simplify design, speed construction with satisfactory strength. I built a full wall of cabinets in oak for a media room, and another large wall of cabinets for a mudroom using this book as a reference. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2010 by A. Esau

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