Building A Cabinet Door Frame

From each end using the table saw.

Building a cabinet door frame.

The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible. Begin with the right cabinet dimensions. I built my cabinet doors with simple frames and floating panels as in the panels float inside the frame. Get help with the hinges.

Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. Face frames cover plywood edges. And if you have a bunch to build you ll need a lot of clamps and even more space. In this video i am copying the dimensions of an old cabinet door in order to replace one that is missing in the kitchen.

Once you ve cut the door out soften its sides with a router to get rid of any rough edges. Unless you have unlimited free time consider building your cabinets but buying your doors. Learn how to make simple face frame upper and lower cabinets including doors and drawers. Finally screw the hinges and handle onto the door and install it to the cabinet.

You ll find many door makers online search for buy cabinet doors. To even up the ends of the door cut 1 16 in. For more tips including how to build a raised panel cabinet door read on. How to build and attach a cabinet faceframe build faceframe.

The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. If staining your piece you want to match your face frame wood as closely as possible to your carcass lumber. I generally always build my face frames out of 1 2 poplar when painting. Cut dadoes in cabinet door frames.

I use wood glue and my k5 kreg jig set for 3 4 material and use 1 1 4 coarse thread pocket hole. Cabinet doors can be ordered in a variety of styles and in increments as small as 1 16 in. Building shaker cabinet doors is only part of the story. There are a million ways to make a door but this method is fairly simple and worked with the tools i already had.

You also have to hang them.