Craftsman Woodworks Engineering

U-Shaped Drawers and Rollouts

This is a FREE package. 

I've tried a few packages for U-shaped drawers and rollouts but none of them are as simple and elegant as this one.  

Full transparency... This was originally developed by Perry Miller.  I modified it and tweaked it a bit and I added some useful comments etc. And now it works pretty darned well.

Go to the CWES Packages Online Store by clicking on the link above.  Add this freebie to your shopping cart, download it, and install it!  Easy peasy!

 

NOTE "Nice On The Eyes" Reports - coming soon

At Craftsman Engineering, we've taken the initiative to "re-imagine" all of the Standard Reports.  And we've given that initiative a fresh new name...NOTE Reports.  NOTE is an acronym for Nice On The Eyes. 

In addition to the list of Standard reports that we've re-imagined and re-designed, we've also added custom reports that have helped us become more productive at Craftsman Engineering.   

NOTE Reports are:

Blum METABOX 320 with Soft Close

This package includes a materials schedule with materials and "kits" which adds holes in the left side of the drawer opening for Metabox 320 series C15 drawer guides.  This works for all H, K, M and N size guides.

This package works as designed without need for any UCS's or attributes.

Graphics for the Blumotion hardware is not included with this package.

Fixing Overlapping Cabinets

Bruce unwraps the mystery of an error message that creeps up from time to time in Cabinet Vision jobs... 

"Error Numbering Cabinets, check for overlapping Cabinets"

But what does that error tell us?  Did I do something wrong to cause an error?  How do I check for overlapping Cabinets?  What is an overlapping cabinet?

 

CHAPTERS:

00:00  Intro

00:27  What does the error mean?

01:06  Run a Cabinet List report

02:40  Examine each wall elevation

03:05  Found it!

04:20  Chinese characters

Salice Silentia Overlay Hinge Selector

Bruce shows the benefits of using the Salice Silentia Overlay Hinge Selector package which makes easy work of picking the correct Salice Silentia hinge....so easy, in fact, it does all the spec'ing for you.

Designed for cabinet refacing ( fitting existing face frame cabinets with new overlay doors ), this widget assigns the proper Salice Silentia 106 degree Overlay soft close hinge given the desired reveals and existing face frame stiles and mullions widths.

Using REPORT GROUPS to organize all your reports

I use Report Groups to keep all my reports organized by the departments in my business.  This helps me send reports to those departments that need only specific reports.  And it helps keep my reports organized so I don't spend time searching for a specific report.

For example, I created report groups for each of these departments... Purchasing, Assembly, Shipping, Staging, Customer Service, Milling, Door Department, Estimating, and Engineering.  

How I place an island accurately the first time

Episode 85 - Bruce shares his technique - using CAD tools - for placing an island in a kitchen.

CHAPTERS:

00:36    Layout the perimeter walls

03:58    Plan view  CAD (F7) 

06:43    Digital chalk marks

10:30    Snap island walls ( peninsula walls ) in place

 

 

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