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title: Cabinet Making
description: Cabinet making is the specialized woodworking craft of designing and constructing built-in storage, shelving, and fine cabinetry. You will understand sheet goods, face-frame construction, hardware installation, and precise measuring techniques for functional storage solutions.
category: trades-crafts
subcategory: woodworking
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/cabinet-making
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# Cabinet Making

Cabinet making is the specialized woodworking craft of designing and constructing built-in storage, shelving, and fine cabinetry. You will understand sheet goods, face-frame construction, hardware installation, and precise measuring techniques for functional storage solutions.

## Where to start

Start with Woodworkers Guild of America, a free source of videos and plans for building cabinets. If you only use one resource, make it Alan Peters' book Cabinetmaking: The Professional Approach. For step-by-step techniques, project plans, shop tips and tool reviews, move on to finewoodworking.com.

## Available Resources

1 Books • 3 Websites

## Websites

### 1. Woodworkers Guild of America

Video-based woodworking instruction site with free and member-only lessons, project plans, and tool technique articles. Covers joinery, cabinet carcass and door construction, and finishing, so a hobbyist can follow demonstrated methods through a full build.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.wwgoa.com/

**Tags:** woodworking, cabinet-making, joinery, project-plans

### 2. Reddit r/woodworking

Discussion forum where hobbyist and professional woodworkers post finished projects, ask for critique, and troubleshoot joinery, finishing, and tool problems. Reading the archives gives a sense of common beginner mistakes and how experienced makers avoid them.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.reddit.com/r/woodworking/

**Tags:** woodworking, community forum, project critique, tool advice, reddit

### 3. finewoodworking.com

Fine Woodworking is a comprehensive online magazine and resource for woodworkers, offering expert techniques, step-by-step project plans, and in-depth tutorials. It also features tool and accessory reviews, shop tips, and instructional videos to help builders of all skill levels improve their craft.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://finewoodworking.com

**Tags:** websites, arts-design, creative-arts

## Books

### 1. Cabinetmaking: The Professional Approach

**Author:** Alan Peters

British furniture maker Alan Peters explains how to run a professional workshop: equipping it, pricing and handling commissions, designing furniture, and batch production, with plans for a dining table, desk, and other pieces. Some business material is UK-specific.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0025962000?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, trades-crafts, woodworking

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