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Kitchen Cabinet Install, Day 5

Joel and I went back to work on the kitchen cabinets.

After some discussion on ways to remedy the problem with the microwave and stove enclosures, I decided to make an attempt at moving the corner base cabinet further towards the wall. Joel and I made some measurements, dry fitted the cabinets with the doors and drawers on to see if they would continue to be operable with less distance between them. After some struggling with a finicky drawer front and getting the drawers and doors in, everything looked okay so we moved the cabinet over. Again, we took more measurements and made sure the doors and drawers could open without a problem. Everything looked good!

Joel had to take off after lunch so I went to work on cutting the filler strips for all of the gaps. I spent some time measuring the various sized pieces I needed cut and then got to work with the table saw. That piece of machinery makes life so much easier. I was able to cut a bunch of pieces without much effort. In the process, I was reminded to always cut on the outside of the cut line. Otherwise, your piece of wood is going to be too short. I discovered this when I went to place the wood in its spot and it fell through the gap between the two pieces of wood. The cut needs to be just outside of your cut line it so that when you fit the piece into its spot, it will fit snugly. I went back to the table saw to recut some pieces. This second batch was just right because when I fitted the pieces into their spots, they fit nice and snug.

In addition to working on the filler pieces, I secured the sink base to the wall and began to position the dishwasher end panel so I can go shopping for the right supplies and come back next time to work on it.

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