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Default Kitchen Door front bid


"Tattooed and Dusty" wrote in message

Each door is a different size, which makes it somewhat more complex.
The uppers are going to have inset ribbed glass, with solid lowers, all
painted white. I am planning to use poplar with a very (repeat very)
simple shaper profile for the stick and rails.

Ok, as always any help would be greatly appreciated


I would look at two things, the first (to me) being the most important.
That would be time and materials. If you don't have the machinery
that a cab shop would have to knock them out, you will take more time
to make them. If you don't buy a thousand board feet of cabinet
material from your supplier you won't get the same price he does. So I
would come up with my own estimate based on my best figures.

For comparison, I would call a couple of places like Upscale said and
see how much they would charge. If they are significantly cheaper then
I can make them, I would have them make the doors to my specs.

I quit making my doors as I couldn't compete with an aggressive cab
shop. When I need new fronts for cabs here unless they are something
silly easy like half laps, I just go have them made.

If this is a job that is one thing, but if you are looking to work with
your own tools on this project and do it all yourself, make you
estimate up and forget what competitors charge. Someone will always be
cheaper.

Robert