Display Cabinet

Christopher Swingley
Version ., -January-
Introduction
Tese plans are inspired by a cabinet in James Krenovs A Cabinetmakers Notebook, pages ;8 81. I chose to use
dovetail joinery rather than the hidden technique Krenov uses, and the shelves will be wood instead of glass. Te
cabinet is a simple dovetailed box with the doors hung on the case sides. Glass lls the space between the door
styles and rails. Assuming z waste, the project only uses 1o board feet of

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Plans
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95 degrees
170 degrees
7"
2
6
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7 3/4"
6"
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C C C
D D
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F F
7 3/4" (including rounded front edge)
17 1/2" (including rounded edges)
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Cut List
Key Qty Description T W L Notes
A z Case top & btm

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Dovetail pins on the edges, housed rabbet in the back
for the back pieces, ;

" at mid-point, ;" at the sides.

Top and bottom should slightly overhang doors when
theyre closed. Front and side edges rounded over
and the dovetails from the sides are recessed into this
round-over.
B z Case sides

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6 z6 Dovetails on the top and bottom, housed rabbet in the

back for the back pieces, mortise for french cleat in the
back, , degree bevel on front faces, holes (or some
other mechanism) to support shelves.
C z Door outer stiles

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Trough mortises for door rails, rabbet for glass.
D z Top door rails

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" through tenon on outer
side of rail. Trough mortise in inner side of rail for the
door inner stile, rabbet for glass.
E z Bottom door rails

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" through tenon on outer
side of rail. Trough mortise in inner side of frail for
the door inner stile, rabbet for glass.
F z Door inner stiles

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of stile (1
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" on the top and z" on the bottom), rabbet
for glass.
G Back pieces
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Tongue and groove joints join boards into a panel.
H 1 French cleat

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Dimensions do not include tenons that t into mortises
in the sides. Inside bottom edge bevelled.
J Shelves

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" at mid-point,

" at sides.
K z Door knobs
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1 Carved knobs.
L z Door glass
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Fit into rabbets on the inside of door stiles and rails.
All dimensions are in inches. Door knobs (K) and glass (L) not labelled in plans.
Tools Used
Construction Notes
Notes
Copyright c zoo, Christopher Swingley, cswingle@iarc.uaf.edu
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of these plans, provided the copyright notice and
this permission notice are preserved on all copies.
Permission is granted to copy and distribute modied versions of these plans under the conditions for verbatim
copying, provided that the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission notice
identical to this one, and that credit is given to the original author.
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