Building Face Frame Cabinet Doors

Euro or cup hinges are the easiest most forgiving means of hanging your new cabinet doors.

Building face frame cabinet doors.

It s fast and secure. In this video i am copying the dimensions of an old cabinet door in order to replace one that is missing in the kitchen. Standards help you design. The stiles are the two vertical pieces running the length of the door.

Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in. For all of your inset cabinetry applications walzcraft is happy to offer both assembled and ready to assemble rta face frames where your inset doors and drawer fronts are precision sized to fit all face frame openings. These reveals may as large as 1 to 2 in some cases. Building shaker cabinet doors is only part of the story.

Start by taking a survey of your existing cabinets. From each end using the table saw. Most existing face frame cabinets will have large reveals gaps between the doors and drawer fronts. When building cabinet doors for a face frame cabinet the doors need to be 1 wider and 1 taller than the opening in the face frame.

This will allow the doors to overlay the face frame 1 2 on all sides. On the outside edge. This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another. If your cabinet sides are not visible and you used the wood screw or pocket hole method to build your cabinet you can use pocket hole screws to attach your face frame.

Choose clear straight grained wood and assemble the frame soon after machining to reduce warping. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. Build the face frame from solid wood to match or contrast with the sides. Each door has five parts.

A full overlay door will overlay as much of the cabinet face frame as possible to ensure a nice updated style for your new cabinets. Double check the material thickness before calculating cabinet sizes and cutting dadoes and rabbets. Get help with the hinges. You also have to hang them.

Apply some wood glue and drive your screws into the pocket hole.