Building Cabinet Door Frames

Or 3 4 x 3 1 2 in.

Building cabinet door frames.

It s fast and secure. This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another. Join the base panels to the bottom. Plan to use 1 3 or 1 4 hardwood boards for the door s frame.

Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet. 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. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. These are just nominal dimensions of course.

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. A flat door panel will usually be made from 25 inch 6 mm plywood the same wood type as the rest of the cabinet. 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 facings are cut and installed in the same manner.

Cut the door panel insert slightly less than the size you need to allow for wood expansion and contraction. Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in. If your cabinet sides are not visible and you used the wood screw or pocket hole method to build your cabinet you can use pocket hole screws to attach your face frame. Face frames cover plywood edges.

On the outside edge. Ordinarily this will be the width of a table saw blade. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. The sample base and wall cabinets shown belowhave these features to make building them as simple as possible.

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. You ll find this material at most home centers and lumberyards. 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. Begin assembly of the door.

Learn how to make simple face frame upper and lower cabinets including doors and drawers. Wood magazine s kevin boyle shows you this foolproof method expla. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. Apply some wood glue and drive your screws into the pocket hole.

In this video i am copying the dimensions of an old cabinet door in order to replace one that is missing in the kitchen. The actual dimensions will be 3 4 x 2 1 2 in.