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inset of back
Post by notimeforwork on Mar 20th, 2015, 3:00pm

Hi everyone, I found this great program a year ago - and although I have never built a cabinet before I thought this program looks comprehensive enough that I could possibly succeed at such an undertaking.

I have been playing around with it and I really can't believe the bang for the buck this program gives me.

I am still attempting to figure this program out - and I've already stated my position as never having built any casework - so I may struggle with incorrect terminology or something. In other words I am a noob, and although I have great expectations of what this program can help me accomplish - I have a realistic idea that I am not going to challenge the skills of a master carpenter.

With all that being said I am left with my first question about settings in the program.

I am a little confused about the screw strips on the back of the cabinet. If I use a 1/4 inch back, and 3/4 inch screw strips - shouldn't the rabbit for the back be in 1 inch and flush with the back of the cabinet? The dxf files I have produced so far don't look like this is the case.
Re: inset of back
Post by Rob on Mar 20th, 2015, 3:38pm

The program is setup for the screw strip to be inside the cabinet. In the image below the top is brown, the back purple and the screw strip green.

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Re: inset of back
Post by notimeforwork on Mar 20th, 2015, 6:42pm

Ok, that makes sense. If I were to use sheet goods for the screw strips, are people edge banding the screws strips?