Building Face Frame Kitchen Cabinets

Materials for this kitchen plan include cabinet plywood preferably purebond shown boards for the top and bottom support ripped plywood strips for the toe kick and.

Building face frame kitchen cabinets.

Face frames cover plywood edges. If staining your piece you want to match your face frame wood as closely as possible to your carcass lumber. I generally always build my face frames out of 1 2 poplar when painting. How to build and attach a cabinet faceframe build faceframe.

This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another. Then cut 4 panels out of 1 by 6 lumber for the base panels and top bracers and cut 4 more panels for the face of the cabinet. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. In this episode wood.

After building a kitchen cabinet carcass see video tutorial here and written post here it s time to put a face frame on the carcass. A face frame base kitchen cabinet carcass is ideal for both new and remodeled kitchen plans. Wood magazine s kevin boyle shows you this foolproof method expla. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in.

The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. Any woodworker with intermediate to advanced skill level can tackle this diy project. Steve maxwell s building traditional face frame cabinets has some of the best no nonsense advice and designs i ve come across and the included videos are very helpful in explaining the entire process in a clear hands on way. On the outside edge.

A face frame is basically a frame usually made of hardwood in a species for the final finish of the cabinet. Learn how to make a lower cabinet face frame. To build a kitchen cabinet start by cutting the side and bottom panels out of some mdf or plywood. I m been planning a kitchen remodel so i ve been pouring over all of the resources i can on building kitchen cabinets.

This is just one element of a complete series on how to make simple face frame cabinets. Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in. Begin with the right cabinet dimensions.