I'm building a bar and now hanging cabinets for my son. He wants them to cover an 11' wide wall so i would be making a few boxes. I know some of you traditional cabinetmakers have different techniques and there are different programs like sketchup to make cabinet boxes. I haven't learned sketchup yet.
I would like to use my kreg jig to make up my boxes but wondered (and preferred) to also have dado's. I prefer cabinets with seperate faceframes.
And i want to make my cabinet doors from MDf so i can make some nice carvings on all of them (or he prefers glass fronts).
I'm not clear on what is the best hinge to use for mdf doors on a faceframe?
Actually after i reread that, if he wants glass inserts i wouldn't make the rails and stiles from mdf but make the faceframes and rails and stiles from poplar as i have a ton of that.
I'm thinking i would make a 8' wide box and insert (wall)pieces vertically to make seperate cabinets? Rather then several individual boxes
Also i think i would want to make like an inch space under the cabinets to be able to hide some undercabinet lighting, and possibly some nice crown type moulding on top to hide lighting. For a bar what is the average size width cabinet (similar to kitchen cabinets)?
Any basic tips would be appreciated