Build A Cabinet Door

There are a million ways to make a door but this method is fairly simple and worked with the tools i already had.

Build a cabinet door.

Each door is made up of 2 stiles 2 rails and a center panel. Cut the door panel insert slightly less than the size you need to allow for wood expansion and contraction. In this video i am copying the dimensions of an old cabinet door in order to replace one that is missing in the kitchen. How to build cabinet doors if you cut your dado 1 2 deep it s easy to figure out the math for your doors just add 1 to the width and length of the panel.

Cost per door is around 20 you can get about 6 center panels from each sheet of plywood. A flat door panel will usually be made from 25 inch 6 mm plywood the same wood type as the rest of the cabinet. It took about 15 minutes to make each door not including the time it took for the glue to dry. Measure the distance between the screws on the door pull and set the.

Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. Cut dadoes in cabinet door frames. Begin assembly of the door. I typically use 1 3 boards for mine so they are 2 1 2 wide.

At 24 deep standard base cabinets allow you to bend over and reach in to retrieve anything at the back. Ordinarily this will be the width of a table saw blade. Cut 2 stiles the height of the cabinet doors cut 2 rails the width of the cabinet doors minus 2x the width of the boards 1 3 boards are typically 2 1 2 but it is always a good idea to double check. 1 2 of the panel will slide into the dado on all sides.

With the front side of the door facing up use a cabinet hardware jig to attach door handles or pulls in a consistent location. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy. You can pick any width you want for your cabinet door rails and stiles. Simply sand and stain or paint your shaker cabinet door add some awesome cabinet handles and hinges and you are good to go.

Take the height of the door you want and add 1 8 in. Standard base cabinets measure 34 1 2 high for a 36 high work surface with a 1 1 2 countertop. Total cut depth will be 1 2. Make cabinets as wide as you like but remember that the wider the doors the greater the tendency to rack and warp.

The exact measurement of each piece depends on the final size of the cabinet door and the final method of building your cabinet doors. I built my cabinet doors with simple frames and floating panels as in the panels float inside the frame. Figuring the length of the rails is more complicated.