The Kitchen Reno: Cutting the Wood for the Cabinets

Tom and I hauled the table saw outside for the day and starting cutting the sheets of melamine down to size. We ended up using the circular saw for most of it as my table saw only extends to about 24”. I also used the jigsaw to cut the jog out of the corner of the end gable where they will be visible.

I also started cutting down the oak boards into 1.5” and 2” strips for the face frames. 

And now we know: the oak created a ton more sawdust than the melamine, my husband was so happy that it was outside…