Cabinets

The cabinets in an Automate fifth-wheel are made from solid wood framing covered with a sheet of interior paneling, either wood-grain or patterned. Each piece is glued and pressed to insure a solid structure. Corners are screwed together with aluminum brackets and covered with a replaceable plastic trim cap. Automate provides two types of cabinet doors, the standard manufactured wood, or the upgrade raised oak panels. You can have either, or some of both. We decided to have all the doors oak except for the ones next to the shower.
			The framing for one of the cabinets. The individual pieces will be stapled together before the paneling is glued on.
			Since each cabinet is a custom fit to your trailer the wood shop foreman and the draftsman are involved with the wood-workers at every stage of the cabinet construction.
			Once the frame and paneling are glued together and pressed they trim any required openings for drawers, doors and hardware. The skill of cutting only the required holes is greatly valued by the framing and paneling folks. Any errors in cutting mean that another piece needs to be made, they didn't cut a single extra hole while they were doing our trailer!
			After the holes are cut the edges are sanded and any excess glue is removed before the panels are sent to the trailer for installation.