Ness said

Hi Jack,

Thanks for your feed back.

For the materials, when you say red oak do you mean you are using solid timber, laminated board or veneered boards?

THAT IS SOLID TIMBER.

The finished thickness’s can be different as well as if you are using veneered boards we’ll have to set up edging. SOLID TIMBER

In the actual design there is also different wood for the facades and carcass, do you want to keep this? FACADES WILL ALSO BE OAK,SOLID TIMBER. I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT A FACADE ON A BOOKCASE I AM WORKIMG ON. WHERE DO I NEED TO LOOK?

As well as this as you are using the standard Quick Design (french named) materials  the backs are in 8mm(15/16″) and the drawers bottoms are set to 16mm(5/8″).

I would suggest that you harmonise the materials either by only using 3/4″ and 5/8″ boards by setting the back to 5/8″or set the drawer bottoms to 8mm as well which will make the drawers lighter and cheaper to build. LET’S GO WITH 5/8″ ON BOTH.

Grain direction can be set for each board in the Properties>Materials options:

Otherwise great project and I’m looking forwards to seeing it built.

All the best,

THANKS! JACK

Ness

Ness said

Hi Jack,

It’s possible that you can’t load my model because your Polyboard is not up to date.
I UPDATED THE SOFTWARE AND THAT DID THE TRICK.

To correct this, just go to the download page and reinstall.

For you design the easiest way to add a base would be to create a plinth and extend the sides. I wanted to suggest you add a base like this but forgot to mention it in my last post.
LOOKS GREAT.

I’ve set up some hardware that applies the dowel slider stop to a sliding shelf. Here’s a screen capture of a simple cabinet with the hardware applied:

I’ve also added it to your model and the side and sliding shelf look like this now:
THANKS.

I’ve made the following adjustments to your design: LOVE IT.

– made the facade elements to be flush

– made all joints blind dodos which make for a much cleaner design.

– extended the top over the front 

– added a base

This design should work fine and you can tweak the file I’m sending.

The only problem is the sliding shelf pulls.

To keep the clean design, I would put a “push to open” latch  to the back of the shelf so that a push on the front will release the spring and push the shelf out. Pushing the shelf back in will click the ratchet and the shelf will then stay in place.
LOVE THE CLEAN DESIGN. LET’S UDE THE ‘PUSH TO OPEN’. I WILL THEN USE KNOBS AND HANDLES ON THE DOORS AND MAIN DRAWERS.

You might also consider using a push to open drawer sliders that would then also replace the dowel stops.

To finalise the design we also need to do now is to set up the correct materials. I WILL BE USING RED OAK BUT . I TRIED TO ADD TO THE STRUCTURE BUT COULD NOT GET THE GRAIN DIRECTION. I AM THINKING HORIZONTAL FOR THE DRAWERS AND MAYBE VERTICLE ON THE DOORS FOR STRENGTH?
WHERE IS SPECIFIC GRAIN DIRECTION ON THE MENU?
You have designed using Quick Design  materials and for some reason you are using the French version of the libraries. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND. I DO NOT SEE ANY FRENCH.

Can you post the real thicknesses of the different panels you’ll be using? THIS HAS ME BAFFLED. I SEE THE USE OF 3/4″ AND 5/8″. WHAT AM I MISSING?

All the best, THANKS. LOOKS LIKE WE ARE THERE AND I AM GETTING TO BUILD SOMETHING.

Ness