Making Cabinet Door Frames

Begin by drilling 1 3 8 holes 1 2 deep with a forstner bit below.

Making cabinet door frames.

Cut the door panel insert slightly less than the size you need to allow for wood expansion and contraction. Learn how to make simple face frame upper and lower cabinets including doors and drawers. Thanks to their adjustability european style hinges make mounting doors as easy as assembling them. 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.

I recently showed you all the beginning of my laundry room remodel. For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel. In this video i am copying the dimensions of an old cabinet door in order to replace one that is missing in the kitchen. And while i was at it i needed to make two doors for a cabinet i have been working on for a friend.

But i still had to make shaker cabinet doors for the big cabinet that i built. Wood magazine s kevin boyle shows you this foolproof method expla. Learn about 4 types of hinge installation for face frame cabinets. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin.

On the outside edge. For cabinets with face frames if doing inset doors subtract from both the height and width of your frame opening to get your door size. When wood filler is completely dry sand the project in the direction of the wood grain with 120 grit sandpaper. Ordinarily this will be the width of a table saw blade.

This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another. Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in.

Take the height of the door you want and add 1 8 in. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy. Begin assembly of the door. Turn a picture frame into a cabinet door the cabinet itself is is simple to build and the frame insert is so easy and customizable.

Preparation instructions fill all holes with wood filler and let dry. These are simple shaker style cabinet doors and are not very expensive to make but i warn you they are a little time consuming. Read through this week s enote to see a construction illustration as well as the full step by step instructions. A flat door panel will usually be made from 25 inch 6 mm plywood the same wood type as the rest of the cabinet.