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Yep... bit off a little more than I could chew. (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 days ago by Setiyeti93@lemmy.ca to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

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I'd give myself a solid 7/10. Would not do again haha

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[–] Setiyeti93@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thanks.i guess being all over it means I noticed all the minor imperfections, and only have myself to blame.

Issues. I didn't take the time to choses the wood carefully, so some bits of trim had to be redone because after they were ripped, they twisted quite badly. Even taking time to square up the plywood carcass was challenging. (The full unit is 230 by 180cm) So on my own it was quite difficult. My dad helped me move the carcass, thanks dad!

I think (with this being my first wardrobe) some of the finer points went over my head.... For example. I forgot to take into account clearances for the doors so had to take 3mm of each side to stop them rubbing against each other. Would have been easier to do that in the first place!

I also added 18mm to each side of the drawer fronts so that the would stop against the front of the carcass...But forgot that the top edge has to be shared with the bottom edge of the door. If I ever did this again, instead of two parts I'd separate the drawer boxes, so instead of two boxes, I'd have four. The two wardrobe cavities and the two drawer cavities. Would be less cumbersome to manhandle!

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This right here is why I still use FreeCAD.

Most of my actual design work is done in the spreadsheet workbench. If I had to, I could design furniture in LibreOffice Calc. But, I use the entire drafting process as a sanity check, to make sure I didn't make any mistakes in order of operations.

[–] Setiyeti93@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Which in fairness... Is exactly what I did at first.

I even did the explored the diagrams.

What I didn't do.... Was modify them after there was several changes in scope. Let's hope I use this is a learning experience. The next time just say right back to the design stage.

Just imagine I used the spreadsheet inside Freecad. I could have even defined clearances and tolerances. But we live in learn