Building Upper Face Frame Cabinets

Wood magazine s kevin boyle shows you this foolproof method expla.

Building upper face frame cabinets.

The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. I definitely recommend face frame cabinets over frameless or euro style and the good news is face frames are pretty easy to build. This style is referred to as frameless or european style cabinet. With frameless construction you make all the parts before assembling anything.

Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. For the upper kitchen cabinet drawings and materials list in pdf format click here. This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another. The plans show how 3 4 thick solid wood 21 4 to 21 2 wide is used for most face frame members.

Individual face frame members fasten to the foundation boxes one piece at a time held in place with glue and clamps or glue and metal pins or brads. That s a big challenge in building conventional face frame cabinets. E joints between stiles and rails get rein forced with 20 biscuits or dowels plunged into the assembled joints from the top. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible.

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. Frameless and face frame cabinets tools used. Well since the face frame is 1 4 bigger on the ends you can simply use 1 4 plywood in matching veneer or painted as we did to finish out those ends. On the outside edge.

Begin with the right cabinet dimensions. Then follow up by making the doors and drawers. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. You assemble the boxes then make the face frames to fit them.

Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in. In this 9 part video tutorial series festool trainer brent shively teaches how to build two types of cabinets. Face frames cover plywood edges.