These cabinets also comply with the provision of Paragraph 611-1.1, “HUD Minimum Property Standards - Housing 4910.1” 9/8/86. All testing is performed by an experienced independent laboratory. Compliance with ANSI/KCMA standards is assured by initial cabinet testing, periodic unannounced plant pick-up and testing, and additional testing resulting from complaints. Only those lines certified are listed in the annual KCMA Directory of Certified Cabinet Manufacturers. Manufacturers may certify one, several, or all of their cabinet lines. The KCMA Certification Program is open to all cabinet manufacturers including non-KCMA members. Cabinets bearing the certification seal are exact duplicates of samples that have been independently tested for conformance to ANSI/KCMA A161.1. The KCMA Certification Program assures the specifier or user of kitchen cabinets and bath vanities that the cabinet bearing the blue and white seal complies with the rigorous standards developed by the industry, and approved by ANSI through a canvass review process which includes government and private sector users, general interest and producers. Every five years, the standard is revised through a demanding review process as required by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), to incorporate material and technological changes in the industry. All rights reserved.Įncouraged by HUD and a need to better define a growing market in 1965, member companies of the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA) came together to develop the national performance standard, ANSI/KCMA A161.1, and a nationally recognized testing and certification program utilizing independent laboratories. Published by Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association © Copyright 2008. 15 Certified Cabinet Manufacturers By State. 4 Certified Manufacturers of HUD Severe Use Cabinets. 3 Certified Cabinet Manufacturers By Company. 2 Tests Cabinets Must Pass to Earn the KCMA Certification Seal. If you have questions about companies not listed, about additional cabinet lines for companies that are listed, or about the KCMA Certification Program, please write the: Director of Certification Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association 1899 Preston White Drive Reston, Virginia 20191 Or call (703) 264-1690 A Directory of Certified Manufacturers is updated regularly on the KCMA WebSite: CONTENTS Requirements for Earning the KCMA Certification Seal. The companies and cabinet lines listed in this Directory were current at the time of printing. Listing of Certified Cabinet ManufacturersĬertified Manufacturers of HUD Severe Use Cabinets Tests Cabinets Must Pass to Earn the KCMA Certification Seal Ran out of space under the cabinet for more cordless tools.Requirements for Earning the KCMA Certification Seal I also have another circular saw way to the right on a shelf, along with a Roto-Zip-type tool. Belt sander sits on the white shelves, the portable belt sander and 1/4-sheet sander are in the cabinet. Planer is on a rolling platform under the shelves (not shown) and I just wheel it out and put it where I want when I need it. Grinder sits on a shelf until I need it, and it clamps to the bench too. Drill press is mounted to a piece of plywood, and when I need it I just put it on the bench and clamp it down. It's supposed to flip over and become the top of the box but I always leave it out. Miter saw came with that kit and sits on top of it, which is how it was made. The other two reciprocating saws are inside the rolling box that my original Ryobi tools came in (their old "Six-Pack"). The one reciprocating saw sits on a mount I made, and it's on the left side of the bench.you can see the top of it. Quick and easy and reversible.ĩ0% of my cordless tools hang over the workbench using old NiCad battery shells. To add shelves, I just tack strips to the sides of a cube and set a shelf on them. They pull completely out easily to carry to the bench. I have some of them loaded with boxes of nuts, bolts and screws and they still slide great. Apply Johnson's Paste Wax and it slides like a machined surface. Then I cut dados for each drawer bottom to slide in. I then took 3/4" Baltic birch ply and cut it to fit the 16" cube sides. The bottoms overhang the sides by 3/8" or so on each side. I didn't put solid wood edging on or paint it.įor the drawer units, I made my drawers from 3/8" Baltic birch ply sides, soft maple fronts, and 1/4" Baltic birch bottoms. I put a back on it of 1/4" plywood to stop racking and keep things from falling out the back. I put it on a base of 2x4 material to make a toe kick and get the bottom shelf off the floor. The two outside uprights are put on with biscuit's. You can see where it goes from here, the pieces fit into each other to form the grid. Then I slotted them every 16" to half their width, about a 6"x3/4" slot. I ripped the 12" (11.5") strips from full sheets.
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