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.

Making cabinet door frames.

Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy. Learn how to make simple face frame upper and lower cabinets including doors and drawers. Apply additional coats of wood filler as needed.

Begin by drilling 1 3 8 holes 1 2 deep with a forstner bit below. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. Read through this week s enote to see a construction illustration as well as the full step by step instructions. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 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. Figuring the length of the rails is more complicated. Thanks to their adjustability european style hinges make mounting doors as easy as assembling them. In this video i am copying the dimensions of an old cabinet door in order to replace one that is missing in the kitchen.

Learn about 4 types of hinge installation for face frame cabinets. 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. These are simple shaker style cabinet doors and are not very expensive to make but i warn you they are a little time consuming. Take the height of the door you want and add 1 8 in.

On the outside edge. I recently showed you all the beginning of my laundry room remodel. Now mount the doors on your cabinet. 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 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. Begin assembly of the door. But i still had to make shaker cabinet doors for the big cabinet that i built.

Cut the door panel insert slightly less than the size you need to allow for wood expansion and contraction. Ordinarily this will be the width of a table saw blade. For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel. And while i was at it i needed to make two doors for a cabinet i have been working on for a friend.