How To Make Face Frame Cabinet Doors

Lets update an old cabinet and make it look new again.

How to make face frame cabinet doors.

I generally always build my face frames out of 1 2 poplar when painting. For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel. If staining your piece you want to match your face frame wood as closely as possible to your carcass lumber. Begin by drilling 1 3 8 holes 1 2 deep with a forstner bit below.

I use wood glue and my k5 kreg jig set for 3 4 material and use 1 1 4 coarse thread pocket hole. The secret lies in the workmanship and quality of materials used to make cabinet doors. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in.

Full overlay cabinet door tutorial. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. In this video i am copying the dimensions of an old cabinet door in order to replace one that is missing in the kitchen. Thanks to their adjustability european style hinges make mounting doors as easy as assembling them.

Figuring the length of the stiles is easy. On the outside edge. The process at least. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin.

Start by taking a survey of your existing cabinets. Learn about 4 types of hinge installation for face frame cabinets. Choose which door to make. Now mount the doors on your cabinet.

This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another. How to build and attach a cabinet faceframe build faceframe. Here are all of the rough cut parts for the eleven doors i ll need. Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet.

Most existing face frame cabinets will have large reveals gaps between the doors and drawer fronts. These reveals may as large as 1 to 2 in some cases. The style i picked is a simple frame and panel with the frame made from solid maple.