Building A Cabinet Door Frame

The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible.

Building a cabinet door frame. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. Wood magazine s kevin boyle shows you this foolproof method expla. Once you ve cut the door out soften its sides with a router to get rid of any rough edges. To even up the ends of the door cut 1 16 in.

In this video i am copying the dimensions of an old cabinet door in order to replace one that is missing in the kitchen. From each end using the table saw. For more tips including how to build a raised panel cabinet door read on. Cabinet doors can be ordered in a variety of styles and in increments as small as 1 16 in.

After that coat the door with your desired finish to give it a glossy elegant look. And if you have a bunch to build you ll need a lot of clamps and even more space. Begin with the right cabinet dimensions. Building shaker cabinet doors is only part of the story.

Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. I built my cabinet doors with simple frames and floating panels as in the panels float inside the frame. You also have to hang them. Unless you have unlimited free time consider building your cabinets but buying your doors.

You ll find many door makers online search for buy cabinet doors. Face frames cover plywood edges. Cut dadoes in cabinet door frames. Finally screw the hinges and handle onto the door and install it to the cabinet.

Learn how to make simple face frame upper and lower cabinets including doors and drawers.