Building A Cabinet Door Frame

Face frames cover plywood edges.

Building a cabinet door frame.

To even up the ends of the door cut 1 16 in. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. Cabinet doors can be ordered in a variety of styles and in increments as small as 1 16 in. I use wood glue and my k5 kreg jig set for 3 4 material and use 1 1 4 coarse thread pocket hole.

Finally screw the hinges and handle onto the door and install it to the cabinet. From each end using the table saw. In this video i am copying the dimensions of an old cabinet door in order to replace one that is missing in the kitchen. You ll find many door makers online search for buy cabinet doors.

Euro or cup hinges are the easiest most forgiving means of hanging your new cabinet doors. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible. There are a million ways to make a door but this method is fairly simple and worked with the tools i already had. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups.

Wood magazine s kevin boyle shows you this foolproof method expla. Learn how to make simple face frame upper and lower cabinets including doors and drawers. If staining your piece you want to match your face frame wood as closely as possible to your carcass lumber. After that coat the door with your desired finish to give it a glossy elegant look.

Cut dadoes in cabinet door frames. Get help with the hinges. Building shaker cabinet doors is only part of the story. Unless you have unlimited free time consider building your cabinets but buying your doors.

Once you ve cut the door out soften its sides with a router to get rid of any rough edges. Begin with the right cabinet dimensions. I generally always build my face frames out of 1 2 poplar when painting. How to build and attach a cabinet faceframe build faceframe.

For more tips including how to build a raised panel cabinet door read on.