Building Face Frame Cabinet Doors

Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation.

Building face frame cabinet doors.

From each end using the table saw. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. Building shaker cabinet doors is only part of the story. Get help with the hinges.

To even up the ends of the door cut 1 16 in. On the outside edge. This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another. This post applies to building and attaching a cabinet face frame which is the next step to building a cabinet.

Begin with the right cabinet dimensions. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible. Learn how to make simple face frame upper and lower cabinets including doors and drawers.

Euro or cup hinges are the easiest most forgiving means of hanging your new cabinet doors. 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. Wood magazine s kevin boyle shows you this foolproof method expla.

In the last posts i explained three methods for building cabinets and basic techniques for cabinet building. There are several methods i use to attach the face frame but i generally always build the face frame with pocket hole screws. Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in.