The CabiAI Blog

Practical CNC cabinet making guides — machining specs, file formats and shop math, written for people who actually cut sheets.

CNC Tools

CNC Feeds & Speeds Calculator for Wood

Pick your material, cutter type and diameter, and get an RPM range, feed rate, plunge rate and depth of cut. Built on manufacturer chip-load tables, with how to dial it in from the chips.

What Is a DXF File? A CNC Woodworker's Guide

What a DXF file actually is, why your CNC router can't read one directly, and how layer names decide which tool cuts what. Plus the two mistakes — open polylines and wrong units — that scrap parts.

Sheet Yield: The Cabinet Shop Expense Nobody Counts

How to measure sheet yield, where material waste really comes from, and why CNC kerf is double your table saw kerf. A practical nesting guide for shops running a CNC router.

Cabineo Connectors: A CNC Shop's Guide to the Specs That Actually Matter

Exact Cabineo machining specs — three 15.2 mm pockets, 11.2 mm spacing, 5 × 12 mm pilot — plus the 3/4 inch plywood trap that ruins joints, and an honest look at when confirmats or Dominos beat Cabineo.

Concealed Hinges: Bore Distance, Overlay, and Face Frame vs Frameless

European concealed hinges for cabinet shops: the 35 mm cup, bore distance, overlay, the 32 mm system, and how face-frame cabinets differ from frameless — with the mistakes that scrap doors.