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LOL No version control system here…
I just needed to use something as it would start to get very confusing!
I’m at work at the moment, so I cannot view your project, but I will over the next few days.
Cheers!
Christopher
Thanks for all the great feedback, Ness. I think I’ve incorporated everything into this revised design. No version number in my project file name, though Christopher does set a good example by using them. What do you bet he even has them in a version control system (subversion?). 
Kurt
October 4, 2012
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Hi Gurt,
Thanks for posting your project.
Here are a few suggestions:
For the bottom unit:
- Consider adding a plinth
- If you are going to use hardware drawer sliders you’ll have to make a gap of 12.7mm between the drawers and the sides
- Consider assembling the drawers differently. I’d suggest you use some of the examples on the forum, ie. Christophers Bar unit has drawers assembled with tongue and grooves and a thinner recessed bottom
- The rebated side to assemble the bottom is not necessary
- The back needs to be grooved or rebated into the sides and top.
For the top unit:
- It would be better if the face frame was over passing the sides and top
- the back will need assembling into the sides and top
- the top would be better under passing the sides
- the frames styles would be better extended to the top
- consider using adjustable pegs holes for the shelves (see again Christophers Bar)
All the best,
Ness
Here’s my first cut at the lateral file drawer with hutch shelves that I mentioned in my introduction post. The set on the right is my attempt to reproduce the original design I found online, while the set on the left is my modified version with pencil drawers and an additional shelf. Ignore the actual material types. I just picked stuff to show a distinction between the various parts. No matter what the materials end up being, I’ll probably paint it all white in the end.
Today I added a “face frame” to the hutch shelves using the double back method described in the face frame cabinets thread. I’m still mulling over the latest reply from Ness to see how I can incorporate it into the file cabinet design.
Kurt
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