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   mike_maines | Jun 11, 2009 03:51am | #1

   Nope, unless you dragged them out of a pond.  The way cabinets are built there shouldn't be much of any movement due to changes in moisture content, which is the reason for acclimating solid wood building materials.

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   seeyou | Jun 11, 2009 03:56am | #2

   Using the speed that most kitchen remodels get done, I thought the answer was 68 weeks.http://www.quittintime.com/      View Image        

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   mike_maines | Jun 11, 2009 03:59am | #3

   LOL

   Most of our jobs are broken down into chunks of two guys, two weeks.  68 weeks sounds about right though.

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   markjs25 | Jun 11, 2009 04:07am | #4

   that's what I thought but I had someone tell me otherwise so thought I'd check to make sure. Thanks

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   mike_maines | Jun 11, 2009 04:09am | #5

   Now that you mention it, it would be a good trick to play on unsuspecting newbies though.... 

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   markjs25 | Jun 11, 2009 04:19am | #7

   lol probably; I'm not a newbie, I'm a remodeling contractor and I've done several kitchens but I'd never heard that one.

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   MSA1 | Jun 11, 2009 04:09am | #6

   LOL, Great visual. 

   Family.....They're always there when they need you.

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   rich1 | Jun 11, 2009 06:19am | #8

   Saw some cabs that were made in China.  Some warped so bad, you couldn't open the drawers.

   If you have good ones, shouldn't be a problem.

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   oldbeachbum | Jun 11, 2009 07:27am | #9

   "Saw some cabs that were made in China."

    

   How long before they offshore the foundation work? 

   I'm not flippin' you off.........just counting cubits

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   rich1 | Jun 11, 2009 08:16am | #10

   They could probably make styrofoam forms...............

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   JTC1 | Jun 11, 2009 03:12pm | #11

   I usually acclimate cabinets individually for about 15 minutes.

   That's about the amount of time needed to get out of the boxes, remove the doors / drawers, draw the stud lines on the back and bore the pilot holes.

   Sink bases, since they involve water, require a longer period of acclimation, more like 30 minutes - I always have trouble finding that hole saw.......

   Jim

   Never underestimate the value of a sharp pencil or good light.