Section 1—Industry Overview 1 Introduction to Cabinetmaking. . . . . . . . . 3 2 Health and Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3 Career Opportunities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 4 Cabinetmaking Industry Overview. . . . . 43 Section 2—Design and Layout 5 Cabinetry Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 6 Components of Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 7 Design Decisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 8 Human Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 9 Production Decisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 10 Sketches, Mock-Ups, and Working Drawings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 11 Creating Working Drawings. . . . . . . . . 135 12 Measuring, Marking, and Laying Out Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Section 3—Materials 13 Wood Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 14 Lumber and Millwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 15 Cabinet and Furniture Woods . . . . . . . 207 16 Manufactured Panel Products . . . . . . . 233 17 Veneers and Plastic Overlays . . . . . . . 253 18 Glass and Plastic Products . . . . . . . . . 271 19 Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 20 Fasteners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 21 Ordering Materials and Supplies . . . . . 345 Section 4—Machining Processes 22 Sawing with Hand and Portable Power Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 23 Sawing with Stationary Power Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 24 Surfacing with Hand and Portable Power Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . .411 25 Surfacing with Stationary Machines . . 421 26 Shaping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 27 Drilling and Boring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 28 Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) Machinery. . . . . . . 503 29 Abrasives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521 30 Using Abrasives and Sanding Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 31 Adhesives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553 32 Gluing and Clamping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571 33 Bending and Laminating . . . . . . . . . . . 589 34 Overlaying and Inlaying Veneer. . . . . . 603 35 Installing Plastic Laminates . . . . . . . . . 619 36 Turning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633 37 Joinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 38 Accessories, Jigs, and Special Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691 39 Sharpening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705 Section 5—Cabinet Construction 40 Case Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 41 Frame and Panel Components . . . . . . .741 42 Cabinet Supports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751 43 Doors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769 44 Drawers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783 45 Cabinet Tops and Tabletops . . . . . . . . 799 46 Kitchen Cabinets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .811 47 Built-In Cabinetry and Paneling . . . . . . 845 48 Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863 Section 6—Finishing 49 Finishing Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 50 Preparing Surfaces for Finish . . . . . . . 893 51 Finishing Tools and Equipment . . . . . . 903 52 Stains, Fillers, Sealers, and Decorative Finishes . . . . . . . . . . 929 53 Topcoatings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 945 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .961 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .966 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1000 Brief Contents Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. xii