Building A Cabinet Frame

Creating cabinetry whether building your own kitchen cabinets or a fine piece of furniture is a rewarding task.

Building a cabinet frame.

This cabinet style features long face frame overhangs that align perfectly with the kitchen walls. Specific dimensions are covered in the pdf plan. Face frames cover plywood edges. This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another.

A face frame base kitchen cabinet carcass is ideal for both new and remodeled kitchen plans. The overall size of the face frame is determined by how many doors and drawers you want to have. Add a toe kick over the cabinet for an overall safe and smart build. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation.

Since this is the case you will want to use dimensional lumber in a wood that appeals to you in order to make these panels. The facing panels will be assembled like a picture frame and will be the main part of the cabinets that show. Begin with the right cabinet dimensions. Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in.

In the last posts i explained three methods for building cabinets and basic techniques for cabinet building. This post applies to building and attaching a cabinet face frame which is the next step to building a cabinet. Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups.

Hand building your face frame base kitchen cabinet will save you hundreds of dollars. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible. A cabinet face frame is the front frame of a cabinet that will establish the location of all of the doors and drawers as well as give some structural stiffness to the rest of the case. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in.

On the outside edge.