Sorry for the pause in posts, but I am back after a nice vacation!






(Points for guessing the location? Mrs. Navig?s in the foreground).








Let?s get back to it. I next decided to work on my doors.







I was planning on having 2 doors--the top for access to the pc components, the bottom for storage.






Again, keeping with the simple and economical theme, I decided not to build a face frame for my cabinets. Instead I purchased 2 sets of these hinges:






http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?p...0&site=ROCKLER

(2 x $9 = $18)


I just cut my doors to size and mount them directly to the plywood box, no need for mortising or building a face frame.








And here I mounted the hinges:












Cut my top door:










And here it is opened:














Next I worked on my door-stop/catch mechanism. I had some push-to-open latches from a previous build, so I simply used those. Here is the mcmaster part#:


mcmaster part # 10825A28

(I ended using a total of 3 for 3 x $2.25 = $6.75)

http://www.mcmaster.com/10825A28













And here is a video of the latch and door in action:




(click to play)








And repeated the process for the lower door: