eCabinet Systems

[nailgun]

Is anyone using the eCabinet Systems? I received my copy of the system about 2 weeks ago and have worked day and night at least it seems like it and haven't made a dent in it. I have read the "eCabinet Systems Made Easy – Learning the Software" two or there times and it just dint do me any good. If some of you guys use it and don't mind dropping a few hints just to get me started I would appreciate it.
Thanks a bunch

[Pat]

No clue. I use story-poles to generate part sizes. Can't go wrong.

[Don]

Hey, Pat. Off topic, but I had to comment on storypoles. In my early days they were still using what they called "storyboards" 1 x 12 pine boards laid out with horizontal lines for each entire cabinet elevation. There would be hundreds of these boards leaning in the corners of the shop. As a job faded from memory, the mill would take them and plane a new surface for the next job.

Around 1978 or so I bought one of the first Texas Instruments caluculators, it was around $200. I experimented with making the cutlists by pounding the keys instead of drawing. The old timers just looked at you like you were from Mars. It worked of course and the rest is history.

It warms my heart to hear of someone that still uses methods from the past. Ahh, a simpler way of life, huh?

NailGun - I made a post on your other duplicate topic.

dawjr

[Jammin]

I use story poles for siding, not sure how it would help in cabinets.

[Don]

Hey, Jammin. Story poles (we called them story boards) in early cabinet making went like this. Horizontal lines, 3/4" apart down the length of a board. We're laying out a base cabinet 8 feet long. (Back then several "cabinets" were connected together. Between one set of lines you are marking the faceplate, behind that the ends and dividers, behind that the shelves, then doors with overhangs and drawer boxes. All you had to do then was measure or proof the parts to the story board. Back then, we dadoed all the parts together. You could lay them on the story board and just mark the dividers, etc.

Kind of a reverse process of siding, I guess with siding you are marking sills, etc.

dawjr