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The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

#331: PRO TALK With Cabinetmaker Ben Scott

The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

Fine Homebuilding Magazine

Leisure, Home & Garden, How To, Education

4.8785 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In this Pro-Talk podcast Patrick talks to Ben Scott of Maple Ridge, British Columbia about the craft and challenges of building cabinets and he shares tips for building Baltic birch boxes and installing slides and hinges.

Transcript

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I've tried to make things smaller.

0:06.6

I've learned that over the years.

0:08.4

I used to try to make things in one piece

0:11.9

and move these giant units

0:14.8

because it's so much easier to build it

0:16.2

and assemble everything in the shop.

0:17.8

But then you still have to move it in there

0:19.1

and get it up on the wall

0:19.9

and you're building scaffolding.

0:27.7

Welcome to the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast, our regular discussion with building industry

0:31.9

professionals. This is Senior Editor Patrick McComb. Today I'm joined by Cabinet Maker, Ben Scott, from Maple Ridge, British Columbia.

0:40.6

You can find the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast and the original Fine Homebuilding podcast

0:44.3

at finehomebuilding.com slash podcast.

0:47.9

You can leave feedback and ask questions there too.

0:51.4

Ben, thank you so much for being on the show.

0:53.8

No problem. Thanks for having me. Do you always

0:55.7

get up this early, dude? Not quite this early. I had to get up. I got up 45 minutes early today.

1:01.9

I would say this is still the middle of the night for you. Well, it's just turned 5 o'clock in the

1:07.3

morning. Well, thank you for getting up early and sharing your time with us.

1:11.8

It's my only chance really to do it other than it would be too late for you guys.

1:14.3

So like after work would be nine o'clock or when my kids go to bed.

1:19.3

Yeah, Jeff and I start drinking by that point and it would be a different show.

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