I'm a little apprehensive about starting a new thread since I've been a member for so long without being active, but I need some advice from fellow woodworkers/cabinetmakers on a project that involves some built in book cases in a high end home.
I have 4 units to build for a library room. Each unit is 48" by 120" tall by 12" deep. What is throwing me for a loop is that the units must match the trim that will be going in the rest of the room. That consists of 5 1/4" by 12" high plinth blocks at the bottom, a 5" fluted casing, and 5 1/4" rosettes at the top corners. The entire cabinet and trim will be painted white to match the rest of the trim in the house.
My lumber supplier has 3/4" maple plywood in a 4 x 10 foot size. My concern is that I need to leave a 1/4" to 5/16" reveal on the face of the cabinet to match an adjacent door and that will expose the edge of the plywood. I'm normally a face-frame kind of guy so I really haven't had to deal with this situation before. Another option would be to make the carcass out of poplar or maple and alleviate that reveal issue, but I'm not sure about the stability of the wood in that situation.
One other issue that I wanted an opinion on is shelf pin holes. I normally use 5mm pins and on this one I'm going to space them at 2 or 2.5 inches apart. At 1 1/4" it starts looking like swiss cheese so I want to keep the spacing larger but still give a good bit of flexibility on adjustments. Any advice on minimizing the look of the holes? Dress them up with inserts or fill the unused ones with plastic plugs?
Many thanks for any advice!
Don Scott