Making Cabinet Door Frames

Figuring the length of the rails is more complicated.

Making cabinet door frames.

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. Learn how to make simple face frame upper and lower cabinets including doors and drawers. Take the height of the door you want and add 1 8 in. A flat door panel will usually be made from 25 inch 6 mm plywood the same wood type as the rest of the cabinet.

Begin assembly of the door. Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet. Cut the door panel insert slightly less than the size you need to allow for wood expansion and contraction. When wood filler is completely dry sand the project in the direction of the wood grain with 120 grit sandpaper.

This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another. For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. 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.

Apply additional coats of wood filler as needed. Preparation instructions fill all holes with wood filler and let dry. Ordinarily this will be the width of a table saw blade. On the outside edge.

Wood magazine s kevin boyle shows you this foolproof method expla. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. I recently showed you all the beginning of my laundry room remodel. Read through this week s enote to see a construction illustration as well as the full step by step instructions.

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. 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. These are simple shaker style cabinet doors and are not very expensive to make but i warn you they are a little time consuming.

In this video i am copying the dimensions of an old cabinet door in order to replace one that is missing in the kitchen. Now mount the doors on your cabinet. Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy.