uma306•1mo ago

Hit 1,000 cabinet doors hung this month, didn't plan that

I took a job in Nashville last month building out a whole house of custom cabinets. I kept track because the homeowner wanted a count for insurance. By last Friday I had hung 1,000 doors and drawers total. That number shocked me because I usually stop counting after 50. It made me realize how fast I work when I stop overthinking every joint. Each door took about 8 minutes once I got a rhythm going. I started using a jig for the hinges after the first 200 and it cut my time by half. Has anyone else hit a big count like that and felt surprised? What was your number?

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dylanwilliams1mo ago

A thousand doors in a month is 33 a day, and you're telling me each one took 8 minutes with a jig after the first 200? That math works out to over 4 hours of just hinge time per day, not counting measuring, leveling, or fixing anything. I'm not buying that you hit that pace without cutting corners on something like gaps or reveals. Those hinges have to sit perfect or you're chasing adjustments later, and 8 minutes doesn't leave room for that. I've hung 400 in a week for a production shop and still had to rehang 10 percent because the jig slipped or the face frame was off.

the_sage1mo ago

Exactly, I've seen the same thing happen with a jig drifting after a few hundred doors and it's a nightmare to fix.