Building Face Frame Cabinet Doors

Begin with the right cabinet dimensions.

Building face frame cabinet doors.

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. Get help with the hinges. To even up the ends of the door cut 1 16 in.

This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another. 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. Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet.

Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in. On the outside edge. Face frames cover plywood edges. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation.

You also have to hang them. Wood magazine s kevin boyle shows you this foolproof method expla. From each end using the table saw. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups.

Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. There are several methods i use to attach the face frame but i generally always build the face frame with pocket hole screws. This post applies to building and attaching a cabinet face frame which is the next step to building a cabinet.