Building A Cabinet Door Frame

There are a million ways to make a door but this method is fairly simple and worked with the tools i already had.

Building a cabinet door frame.

Finally screw the hinges and handle onto the door and install it to the cabinet. I use wood glue and my k5 kreg jig set for 3 4 material and use 1 1 4 coarse thread pocket hole. Wood magazine s kevin boyle shows you this foolproof method expla. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible.

After that coat the door with your desired finish to give it a glossy elegant look. I built my cabinet doors with simple frames and floating panels as in the panels float inside the frame. For more tips including how to build a raised panel cabinet door read on. I generally always build my face frames out of 1 2 poplar when painting.

Begin with the right cabinet dimensions. Cut dadoes in cabinet door frames. And if you have a bunch to build you ll need a lot of clamps and even more space. Once you ve cut the door out soften its sides with a router to get rid of any rough edges.

Get help with the hinges. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. To even up the ends of the door cut 1 16 in. From each end using the table saw.

If staining your piece you want to match your face frame wood as closely as possible to your carcass lumber. You also have to hang them. How to build and attach a cabinet faceframe build faceframe. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation.

Face frames cover plywood edges. Building shaker cabinet doors is only part of the story. Unless you have unlimited free time consider building your cabinets but buying your doors. Cabinet doors can be ordered in a variety of styles and in increments as small as 1 16 in.

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