For me, practicality, waste, and time; it’s considerably easier to cut face frame parts out with a table saw and miter saw than CNC. The reason is the cabinet parts are cut from plywood, which is easy to hold down with a vacuum pump system that holds the parts in place as you cut. I use poplar or cypress for the the face frame parts, which are usually 1” x 6” x 8’. Smaller parts like this are harder told down during the cut, you will have a lot of waste, and it’s just not time efficient. With that said, Mozaik will give you a cut list for the face frame parts, which are dead on accurate. With my work flow, I can cut, pocket (Castle) screw, assemble, glue, attach a face frame this size in about 15 minutes, in addition to the 20-25 minutes or so it will take me to assemble the cabinet box.
The program identifies the most efficient manner to do the dados and cut the parts out. In some cases there is a dado on one side and a rabbit on the same part on the reverse side.
Thank you for the feedback. It’s hard to run a shop and remember to film various aspects that others may find value in. I’ll try to remember to record more.
Nice, definitely more cabinet building videos using Mozaik!! Not a lot of people doing this kind of tutorial so it was very helpful. Thanks!
alot of great information on this video it will help me in the future with my new job i hope. thank you i am a smart person.
Thank you very much for the comprehensive video 🙏
Thanks for takin the time to make this video lots of good information
Quick question... why did you not cut the face frame out with the cnc?
For me, practicality, waste, and time; it’s considerably easier to cut face frame parts out with a table saw and miter saw than CNC. The reason is the cabinet parts are cut from plywood, which is easy to hold down with a vacuum pump system that holds the parts in place as you cut. I use poplar or cypress for the the face frame parts, which are usually 1” x 6” x 8’. Smaller parts like this are harder told down during the cut, you will have a lot of waste, and it’s just not time efficient. With that said, Mozaik will give you a cut list for the face frame parts, which are dead on accurate. With my work flow, I can cut, pocket (Castle) screw, assemble, glue, attach a face frame this size in about 15 minutes, in addition to the 20-25 minutes or so it will take me to assemble the cabinet box.
Can you do your face frames on the CNC as well?
why did you need to flip the board for the dado cuts? could you place the plywood face down, cut the dados. then cut the parts out?
The program identifies the most efficient manner to do the dados and cut the parts out. In some cases there is a dado on one side and a rabbit on the same part on the reverse side.
Good stuff, as a new shopsabre/mozaik user these videos are great.
Thank you for the feedback. It’s hard to run a shop and remember to film various aspects that others may find value in. I’ll try to remember to record more.
Good job
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