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Step 2The Basic Box
Once again this isn't really about cabinetry but generally you want to make a box.
I cut some thin strips from the scrap of mahogany about 1/4 wide to trim over the cut edge of the plywood and cut a piece out to fit into the top and bottom of your now 3 sided box. This would be a good time to add shelves if desired or a drawer or two. I chose to make a single drawer and started by attaching a strip of wood ripped from a 2x4 that was about a half inch thick and glued it to the inside of the left side at the height I wanted to mount my drawer hardware. On the right side since I wanted room to wire switches and outlets and the intercom I made the spacer about 2 inches thick but as wide as the left side and glue it at teh same hieght as the one on the left so it would accept the drawer hardware on the right side and leave me plenty of room for the electrical boxes.
The intercom needs about 2 inches and I figured that ensured me it would fit and leave me a 3/4 inch safety margin.
The bottom of the box was glued and held in place with finishing nails because I had a long strip of the Mahogany that I routered one side of so I could run a band around the base and tie it in visually to the moldings around the top.
The drawer is simply another box made of such dimensions that it fits inside the spacers previously glued to hold the slide hardware. After it has been tested to fit you just drill two 1/4 inch holes spaced horizontally though the front of the drawer then after aligning the finished drawer face you just screw it on from inside the drawer. This let me leave a longer overhang on the right side so the drawer looked aligned when closed since the center of the drawer itself shifted left.
I cut some thin strips from the scrap of mahogany about 1/4 wide to trim over the cut edge of the plywood and cut a piece out to fit into the top and bottom of your now 3 sided box. This would be a good time to add shelves if desired or a drawer or two. I chose to make a single drawer and started by attaching a strip of wood ripped from a 2x4 that was about a half inch thick and glued it to the inside of the left side at the height I wanted to mount my drawer hardware. On the right side since I wanted room to wire switches and outlets and the intercom I made the spacer about 2 inches thick but as wide as the left side and glue it at teh same hieght as the one on the left so it would accept the drawer hardware on the right side and leave me plenty of room for the electrical boxes.
The intercom needs about 2 inches and I figured that ensured me it would fit and leave me a 3/4 inch safety margin.
The bottom of the box was glued and held in place with finishing nails because I had a long strip of the Mahogany that I routered one side of so I could run a band around the base and tie it in visually to the moldings around the top.
The drawer is simply another box made of such dimensions that it fits inside the spacers previously glued to hold the slide hardware. After it has been tested to fit you just drill two 1/4 inch holes spaced horizontally though the front of the drawer then after aligning the finished drawer face you just screw it on from inside the drawer. This let me leave a longer overhang on the right side so the drawer looked aligned when closed since the center of the drawer itself shifted left.
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