Building Face Frame Cabinet Doors

This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another.

Building face frame cabinet doors.

Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. In the last posts i explained three methods for building cabinets and basic techniques for cabinet building. 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.

Face frames cover plywood edges. On the outside edge. Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in. There are several methods i use to attach the face frame but i generally always build the face frame with pocket hole screws.

Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet. From each end using the table saw. Wood magazine s kevin boyle shows you this foolproof method expla. Learn how to make simple face frame upper and lower cabinets including doors and drawers.

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. You also have to hang them. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible. Building shaker cabinet doors is only part of the story.

To even up the ends of the door cut 1 16 in. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. This post applies to building and attaching a cabinet face frame which is the next step to building a cabinet.