Building A Cabinet Carcass

Begin with the right cabinet dimensions.

Building a cabinet carcass.

That means you can use large sturdy screws. Leg and rail construction is found on chairs tables benches stools and on some furniture such as chests. If you are building face frame cabinets you will build you face frame next then attach the two. Add the face frame after they re all in place.

Leg and rail frame and panel and box or case. Face frames cover plywood edges. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. One of the easiest cabinet carcasses to build is an upper cabinet and to make it even easier there s no face frame.

Instead of creating such a monster build individual cabinet carcasses. This style is referred to as frameless or european style cabinet. Cap end cabinets to hide fasteners. Plywood you don t have to hide the fasteners you used to build your boxes.

While the lack of face frame does allow for the possibility of racking face coming out of square during installation it does allow for a more efficient use of cabinet space. If you are building frameless cabinets this will be the entire build. If you cap the end cabinet with 1 4 in. Tips for perfect cabinet boxes.

The carcass construction can be separated into three types. Easy tutorial to build your own kitchen cabinet carcass with pocket holes. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible.