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  • Cabinet Makers
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  • Pricing
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  • Standards
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  • Wood Grades
A kitchen with white painted cabinet doors and a white painted range hood. Custom wood range hoods are complex to build, and take time away from key production lines. Cabinet MakersHomeowners

Why Cutting Edge Stopped Making Wood Range Hoods

Why doesn’t Cutting Edge make wood range hoods? Learn how custom production, engineering limits, and lead times can impact your project.
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A kitchen with black cope and stick melamine cabinet doors. Cope and stick melamine doors require edgebanding. Cabinet MakersHomeownersMelamine

Cutting Edge Doesn’t Sell Cope And Stick Melamine Cabinet Doors

Why did Cutting Edge stop making cope and stick melamine cabinet doors? Discover the deciding factors - challenges and durability concerns.
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A kitchen with flat cut Fir cabinet doors. While flat cut Fir and Vertical Grain Fir come from the same lumber, they look different. Cabinet MakersHomeownersWood Grades

Pros And Cons Of Vertical Grain Fir

Learn the pros and cons of Vertical Grain Fir cabinet doors, when to use them, and other alternatives for your project.
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A Cutting Edge employee sanding a drawer box. Stepped rabbet drawer boxes are a cost-effective alternative to dovetail and box joint drawers. Cabinet MakersDrawer BoxesHomeowners

What Are Stepped Rabbet Drawer Boxes In Cabinetry?

What are stepped rabbet drawer boxes? Learn how they work, how they’re built, and when they’re the right choice for your project.
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A Cutting Edge employee sanding a drawer box. Cutting Edge offers stepped rabbet drawer boxes, a more economical drawer box option. Cabinet MakersDrawer BoxesHomeowners

Problems With Stepped Rabbet Drawer Boxes

Discover the common problems with stepped rabbet drawer boxes and how to avoid these issues before you place your order.
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A kitchen with Knotty Hickory cabinet doors. Hickory doors have both pros and cons. Cabinet MakersHomeownersWood Grades

Pros And Cons Of Hickory

Is Hickory right for your cabinets? Discover when it’s worth the upgrade and alternatives to use when it’s not.
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A kitchen with a combination of white painted and brown stained solid wood cabinet doors. Cabinet MakersHomeowners

Problems With Solid Wood Cabinet Doors

Discover common problems with solid wood cabinet doors and how to avoid warping, delays, and unexpected costs.
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A kitchen with brown-grey stained alder cabinet doors. Alder accepts stained finishes well. Cabinet MakersHomeownersWood Grades

What Are The Pros And Cons Of Alder?

Is Alder right for your cabinets? Discover when it’s worth the upgrade and alternatives to use when it’s not.
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A kitchen with two types of mullion glass cabinet doors. The white painted doors on the left feature a traditional 8-lite mullion pattern, while the hickory doors on the left feature an X-mullion pattern. Cabinet MakersHomeowners

Problems With Mullion Glass Cabinet Doors

Learn the common problems with mullion glass cabinet doors and how to avoid costly mistakes before buying.
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