Cabinet Makers?

[Mcblurter]

Hi all
Am looking at doing a reno and will need quite a few cabinets made.
1. Cabinets to match existing one's in kitchen but taken up to the ceiling.
2. Lounge room cabinet for TV, CD, Books, toys etc
3. New dining area cabinet, with some fold down doors that act as tables.
4. Small (very small) vanity for bathroom
5. A bookcase to fit into an old window space in a bedroom
Pretty much have an idea of what we want but need someone who can offer some design ideas (ie whether to use veneers, laminates, wood, dry camel dung polished with Mongolian ear wax etc), build and install. Any ideas for the Melbourne area, in Brunswick so more in the North, north west region. Free quotes would be nice!
Cheers
Mcblurter

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors.
-- Jim Morrison

[martrix]

try Mckay joinery, they are in Preston and can do anything.

[Mcblurter]

Thanks Matrix
I'll give them a call
cheers
Mcblurter

[Shedhand]

Mate, they not cabinet makers. My Grandpa was a cabintmaker. He was good. It was all done by hand. And they're still in use by all counts. What you're after is a carcass maker. hehehehe.

[martrix]

Mate, they not cabinet makers. My Grandpa was a cabintmaker. He was good. It was all done by hand. And they're still in use by all counts. What you're after is a carcass maker. hehehehe.

Sheddie, I know your only poking at fun , but there is some very good craftsmen there as well as some old hands.

[Shedhand]

I know mate. Just joshing.

[martrix]

I know mate. Just joshing.

I know what you mean though. What they class as a Qualified Cabinetmaker these days is a joke.

It should be split up into "Cabinetmaker" and "I know how to edge melamine and knock up a kitchen carcase"

[peter_sm]

Sorta like what they call "Panel Beaters" these days is a bit of a joke.

Should be "Autobody repair technician" LOL

[abitfishy]

My misses is a panel beater. New dent every trip!

[Kobby]

Blame "free trade", cheap imports, workers compensation costs, insurance, tolls, taxes, rising material costs to name just a few... For the reason the average person can't afford to have a "cabinetmaker" make them furniture.

I think the young kid deciding to become a "cabinetmaker" these days still deserves to be called a cabinetmaker because its not his/her fault they are unlucky enough to have been born in such times.

Hopefully a forum like this with old farts like you guys will inspire these new age cabinetmakers to tinker with the old school ways in their sheds and keep it all alive.

[Chesand]

Try Bill Jennings at Coronation Laminates now called Kitchen Facelifts in East Keilor - he is a tradesman of the older school
Did our kitchen about 6 years ago
Good honest bloke and excellent job. Turned up on time every time for quotes and fitting.

[renomart]

My misses is a panel beater. New dent every trip!

Hehehe....

[Just George]

I know what you mean though. What they class as a Qualified Cabinetmaker these days is a joke.

It should be split up into "Cabinetmaker" and "I know how to edge melamine and knock up a kitchen carcase"

Some people can do it, others try and still fail.

You might know how to do it but do you understand why you do things a certain way? I'm an apprentice cabinetmaker - mid 30's - less than 2 months from becoming qualified and I enjoy my work now more than I ever did before I took this trade up.

While doing an apprenticeship, you need to do your TAFE training which gives you the knowledge you're talking about - fine furniture and using real timber. The last part of TAFE is about building kitchens and installing them. Those apprentices that want to learn about timber and persue it further will but unfortunately many don't. Those that are good at doing things the old way are hard to find...

[Kev-in Melb]

People make things "the old way" are out there but they are getting harder to find.

The real problem is finding people who are willing to pay the right price that it takes to make something "the old way"