Building Face Frame Cabinets With Inset Doors

I like doors that are set right inside the cabinet like that.

Building face frame cabinets with inset doors.

The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible. They had to be good for face frame cabinets. Face frames cover plywood edges. I set a shim at the bottom of the door.

Achieving a good inset door fit with consistent gaps is a hallmark of good craftsmanship. How to build and attach a cabinet faceframe build faceframe. Euro or cup hinges are the easiest most forgiving means of hanging your new cabinet doors. 35 mm overlay soft close face frame cabinet hinges with installation screws 25 pairs.

Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. Begin with the right cabinet dimensions. This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another. I bought a jig over at rockler and that made things easier.

Soft closed and three way adjustability. I am also careful to make the carcasses square as i build the boxes so as not to throw the face frames out of square with an out of square cabinet carcass. Building shaker cabinet doors is only part of the story. If you put the door and.

The other good points with the hinges i chose. Most cabinet doors today are overlay. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in.

To even up the ends of the door cut 1 16 in. Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in. The finished gap i use is 3 32 per door edge. Get help with the hinges.

With my cabinets and face frames built in this manner i am able to make my inset doors 1 16 smaller than the opening size. And this is an area where it s a real advantage to complete the face frame first then fit the doors and drawers before assembling the frame and cabinet. On the outside edge. Knowing the hinges i was going to use the first task was to drill the holes on the frames to mount them.

If staining your piece you want to match your face frame wood as closely as possible to your carcass lumber. The hard part may be convincing yourself that you can do it but it. Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet. The way i do that is to make a door that fits the opening exactly the same size.

That are cut exactly all the way around they look better to me. They don t fit inside of an opening. From each end using the table saw.