eCabinet Systems is an interesting ongoing project. I’ve been spending all my free time working with it instead of real woodworking. As I get further into the 350+ page tutorial (!) I’m impressed by the flexibility of the system. It does still have bad problems with crash-prone-ness, but saving frequently solves most of that.
Right now the one big problem I have with it is a stupid question: what the heck do you do with all the exposed plywood edges? I’m designing all this nifty stuff with sheet goods, see. And you take something like a shelf… nice pretty shelf, cherry on both sides. But what about the part that’s *facing* you? It’s raw plywood! So do I edgeband, put solid wood edging on it, what? The system doesn’t seem to offer a lot of high level options for this problem, or at least I haven’t found them yet. I don’t see them calculating linear feet of veneer I need to order, for example, or providing an option to route a tenon so I can slide some grooved solid stock over it. Still puzzled on the best way around this one…

(net-net, eCabinets is still getting a thumbs up from me, but the real proof is when I produce my first cabinet with it)

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