I can really build boxes good. A month or so ago, I made a couple
of 44 (w) by 27 (h) x 26 (deep) cabinets out of oak ply -
no problem - couple of hours in the shop at the end of a day.

In the meantime, we are deciding how to arrange the shelving
in said boxes. Finally "we" agree that they should each have
a "half" shelf about 12" deep with a bottom support (since I have
about 1000+ LP's from the 70's on that I refuse to get rid of and
that I will rip to digital when I get time).

So there I am - starting at 10:AM - measuring, marking, testing,
re-testing - cutting, trimming, dado-ing (sp?). Routing a stopped
dado in opposte ends of a cabinet with a dado for a middle support
in said shelf and cabinet bottom.

6 Hours later - success - for 1 cabinet!

Jeez! And I have all the freakin' tools!

Is it just me? I am slow, so slow.... and Norm does so much
in 25 minutes...

You know, what you need is a good post-production crew to edit out all
of your excess time! Don't compare yourself to the television- they
fit a lot of work into 25 minutes because 25 minutes is what they've
got. Hell, sometimes I spend 25 minutes just looking for a tool I
need. Six hours to add the internal elements to a cabinet the right
way is a drop in the bucket. Sure, you could've done it in 15 minutes
with some L-brackets and a level, but it would have looked like junk-
and I'm sure that what you did came out looking great. The extra care
is almost always justifed, and FWIW, it doesn't sound like you're all
that slow to me.


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