Australian Wood Review – June 2019

CUTTING LIST

PART QTY LENGTH WIDTH THICKNESS

Carcase 2 395 150 17

2 487 110 17

Shelf 1318105 15

Back panel 1 415 332 4

Mounting piece 1 319 70 15

Door frame 2 354 35 17

2 472 35 17

Glass 1 425 300 1.5

Beading 2 280 10 7

2 425 10 7

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PROJECT

T

his small cabinet can be built over a weekend or two

and is an ideal way to store and display your favourite

bottles of whiskey. Add a small shelf and there’s a place

for your glasses too. This is a great project to practise

some fundamental woodworking skills on – the outcome

is a beautiful and functional cabinet made with minimal

expense.

Materials

I used American white oak for my cabinet both for its clear

and attractive figure and for its workability. The glass for

the door came from my local office supplier – a $4 picture

frame kit gave me a ready-cut A3 size piece (photo 1).

Designing the cabinet around this known measurement

works for our purpose.

Fig. 1 Exploded diagram

Japanese

nails

shelf and supports

mounting piece with fixing holes

cabinet top hinges door top rail A3 frame glass

cabinet side back panel cabinet bottom beading door bottom rail door stile

Fig. 2 Board breakdown not to scale (mm)

160 x 25 x 2500 board

top 400 bottom 400 side 490

door stile door stile door rails

side 490 shelf 320 mount 320