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Tools & Craft #123: The Future of Furniture, Part 5 - Forming Sheet Goods
Many timber suppliers are also happy to cut down panels to size. I made custom kitchen cabinet doors from birch ply and had them cut down to size by the supplier on a panel saw. As this was done directly by the timber merchant it was very cost effective and made delivery easyer...
Using CNC would allow more details to be included like holes for cabinet hinges or rebated door pulls, etc.
Of course this general model -- outsource to specialists -- is growing in every sector, and is increasingly available to everyoneone. There's a CNC panel shop near me that will do one sheet. I had a drawer pull I wanted to make for my kitchen, but found I could get a small quantity (50) made in China much more easily. I've recently had some stainless water jet parts cut; I just googled "waterjet cutting" and in minutes sent drawings off for quotes to places that will run 1 or 1 million parts. I know some people in the high-end custom cabinet business, and none of them make their own drawers anymore. Check out how a cabinet door is made: