CAD plan cutlist to timber merchant

[botheredclayton@gmai]

Hi,

I'm a 3d artist by trade so I thought I would build a cabinet in 3d, then use this to create a cut list, then send this to a timber merchant, joiner, someone with a cnc machine? They would then send me all the pre cut wood and I would assemble it.

Do you think this would work/be a good way to get a bespoke cabinet made at a low cost?

Can I put joint cuts such as dovetailing on the wood cut list?

Finally who do you think I should get supply the wood/cut it? A joiner, wood merchant or other?

Many thanks

 

[SFK]

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SFK

 

[Notch7]

Hi,

I'm a 3d artist by trade so I thought I would build a cabinet in 3d, then use this to create a cut list, then send this to a timber merchant, joiner, someone with a cnc machine? They would then send me all the pre cut wood and I would assemble it.

Do you think this would work/be a good way to get a bespoke cabinet made at a low cost?

Can I put joint cuts such as dovetailing on the wood cut list?

Finally who do you think I should get supply the wood/cut it? A joiner, wood merchant or other?

Many thanks

cabinets are mostly made with sheet material, construction is different to solid wood

places like cutwrights offer CNC services for cabinet construction

MDF Cut to Size - Cutwrights Bespoke Board Cutting

Using the latest in Automated machinery, we deliver what we believe to be the “The Ultimate Cutting, Edging and Drilling Service”, across a huge range of boards and finishes.

www.cutwrights.com

however you would need to go to a CNC specialist to get a bespoke cabinet from solid timber

dovetail joints are not cut on CNC machines, only specialist machines

if the cabinet is small, maybe you could try a drawer manufacturer who will make bespoke drawers in solid oak, beech etc upto about 1000mm x 600mm x 300mm

probox make such things

Wooden Drawer Boxes | Custom And Dovetail, UK Manufacturer

Probox is a UK cabinet drawer box company supplying high quality, solid wood dovetail drawer boxes and runners to the kitchen, bedroom and furniture industries.

www.proboxdrawers.co.uk

 

[botheredclayton@gmai]

Awesome, thank you both. great information . Here is the visualisation BTW. I'm a little scared

 

[mrrusty]

My suspicion is that going your own route with a general CNC company isn't going to show savings compared to companies who are geared up to cut bespoke furniture like https://www.fittingly.co.uk/

 

[botheredclayton@gmai]

My suspicion is that going your own route with a general CNC company isn't going to show savings compared to companies who are geared up to cut bespoke furniture like https://www.fittingly.co.uk/



Hmmm, yeah this is interesting, I'll give them a go for sure

 

[big-all]

ok the boards turn up at your door with mdf edges and mdf moulding out the front surface how do you plan on finishing
the normal is rout out moulding before covering

 

[botheredclayton@gmai]

ok the boards turn up at your door with mdf edges and mdf moulding out the front surface how do you plan on finishing



the normal is rout out moulding before coveringY


Yeah this is what I was thinking. I thought I would just mount all the boards and then paint them, either by spray or brush?

 

[botheredclayton@gmai]

Do you think fittingly.co.uk will be close to the cost of getting a design like this just cut from wood and then assembeling it? Looking at fittingly, i think my costs would be about £3k for that visual. I wouldnt imagine the cut wood would cost anywhere near this much? But im just guessing.

 

[Why Not Indeed]

How much is your time worth?
If you get the wood cut, you will have....some bits of wood. You then need to turn the bits of wood into some bits of furniture and assemble them.
If you use something like Fittingly, they will give you some bits of furniture, which you then need to assemble.
That's the difference.

 

[botheredclayton@gmai]

How much is your time worth?
If you get the wood cut, you will have....some bits of wood. You then need to turn the bits of wood into some bits of furniture and assemble them.
If you use something like Fittingly, they will give you some bits of furniture, which you then need to assemble.
That's the difference.

Lol, very true and wise

 

[big-all]

Do you think fittingly.co.uk will be close to the cost of getting a design like this just cut from wood and then assembeling it? Looking at fittingly, i think my costs would be about £3k for that visual. I wouldnt imagine the cut wood would cost anywhere near this much? But im just guessing.

you are providing i assume cad work you assume the rest is cheap ???
i suggest materials will be perhaps 2-10% off the overall costs you need machines for holes for hinges and handles and assembly fixings 'for rebates and channels all need programming and tooling for a one off with the specific material that may not be to hand sourced you then machine they need finishing and lots off manhandling
if the setup costs are 250k its expensive for a one off if its for 5 million plus units its a few pounds

now not saying you requirements are high thousands but suspect unless the same manufacturer has cnc ability to cover all tasks in house including finishing you wont ever get a price less than 5 times what you hope for as a one off as " thinking input " is 10 times more costly than "press a button" already set up for costs

 

[Deleted member 174758]

CNC time is currently £50 to £100 per hour depending on location. There will be a charge of the same (or more) for correction of CAD drawings, nesting of components and generation of the CAM toolpayth from your CAD file for their machine. There may also be a tool setting charge if your design requires specialist tooling (e.g. grooving or chamfer cutters). You will probably only get flat bed 2D or 2-1/2D component cutting - no side or end drilling and probably no vertical drilling either. I was involved in CNC some years back and at times I really hated having to correct the CAD errors, bad files, etc that went with non-technical people coming with their designs when the didn't understand how CNC routers actually work (and why did everyone think my time for making their poor CAD actually work have no value?)

To put it in context, it's a bit like finding and working with a photo typesetter - there is a learning curve, software doesn't always work across platforms and it may take a couple of stabs to actually produce a decent first result

 

[Notch7]

Do you think fittingly.co.uk will be close to the cost of getting a design like this just cut from wood and then assembeling it? Looking at fittingly, i think my costs would be about £3k for that visual. I wouldnt imagine the cut wood would cost anywhere near this much? But im just guessing.

I did a 3metre run of wardrobes and bought the material from cutwrights last year,

it had carcases in melamine faced chipboard (maple wood grain) all 2mm pvc lippings to front edge including 4 drawer fronts lipped all around (for internal drawers)

and 12 doors which were maple veneered MDF, flat slab type doors with real wood 2mm lippings

the price was £1950 incl VAT and delivery

I had to clear finish the doors, make 4 drawers in birch plywood, supply hinges, deliver and fit -my price was around £5k

 

[Deleted member 174758]

But how much of that actually requires
CNC cutting? The vast majority of cut to size work is actually done/doable on a panel saw. Edge banding is almost always done using a stand alone edge bander (CNCs with inbuilt edge banders are rare expensive and exotic). "Special processing" like grooves can be/is doable with a plunge router and cutter.