Building Cabinet Door Frames

A flat door panel will usually be made from 25 inch 6 mm plywood the same wood type as the rest of the cabinet.

Building cabinet door frames.

For cabinets with face frames if doing inset doors subtract from both the height and width of your frame opening to get your door size. Plan to use 1 3 or 1 4 hardwood boards for the door s frame. Cut the door panel insert slightly less than the size you need to allow for wood expansion and contraction. Ordinarily this will be the width of a table saw blade.

On the outside edge. Begin assembly of the door. Wood magazine s kevin boyle shows you this foolproof method expla. For cabinets with face frames if doing partial overlay add 2 times whatever you want your overlay to be to the height and width of your inside opening and be sure get hinges to match your overlay.

Or 3 4 x 3 1 2 in. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. Align and glue the base panels so that one flat face is flush with the back edge of the panel and the other is 3 back from the front end. Upper cabinets are constructed in the same basic manner using box or case construction for the sides bottom and a 3 4 inch plywood top.

The actual dimensions will be 3 4 x 2 1 2 in. Pilot holes are a good idea here. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. Join the base panels to the bottom.

Pocket hole screws on the inside of cabinet. Learn how to make simple face frame upper and lower cabinets including doors and drawers. Then using butt joints screw through the cabinet base and into the edge of the panels. Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet.

Apply some wood glue and drive your screws into the pocket hole. The facings are cut and installed in the same manner. This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another. The sample base and wall cabinets shown belowhave these features to make building them as simple as possible.

In this case the sides top and bottom all have 1 4 by 1 4 inch rabbets ripped in their inside edges for the plywood or hardboard back. In this video i am copying the dimensions of an old cabinet door in order to replace one that is missing in the kitchen. You ll find this material at most home centers and lumberyards. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups.

Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in. These are just nominal dimensions of course.