Building Face Frame Cabinet Doors

On the outside edge.

Building face frame cabinet doors.

In the last posts i explained three methods for building cabinets and basic techniques for cabinet building. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. Begin with the right cabinet dimensions. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible.

Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. There are several methods i use to attach the face frame but i generally always build the face frame with pocket hole screws. Learn how to make simple face frame upper and lower cabinets including doors and drawers.

Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. Building shaker cabinet doors is only part of the story. Face frames cover plywood edges. 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.

This post applies to building and attaching a cabinet face frame which is the next step to building a cabinet. You also have to hang them. Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet. 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.

To even up the ends of the door cut 1 16 in. Wood magazine s kevin boyle shows you this foolproof method expla. Euro or cup hinges are the easiest most forgiving means of hanging your new cabinet doors.