Building Face Frame Cabinets With Inset Doors

With my cabinets and face frames built in this manner i am able to make my inset doors 1 16 smaller than the opening size.

Building face frame cabinets with inset doors.

Begin by drilling 1 3 8 holes 1 2 deep with a forstner bit below. This type of cabinet construction gives a full view of the cabinet frame with only minimal spacing or gaps between the cabinet components. What are the advantages of inset cabinetry. I am also careful to make the carcasses square as i build the boxes so as not to throw the face frames out of square with an out of square cabinet carcass.

It s fast and secure. The other good points with the hinges i chose. They had to be good for 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.

If you put the door and. Good for inset doors. Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet. The way i do that is to make a door that fits the opening exactly the same size.

Most cabinet doors today are overlay. And this is an area where it s a real advantage to complete the face frame first then fit the doors and drawers before assembling the frame and cabinet. Pocket hole screws on the inside of cabinet. If your cabinet sides are not visible and you used the wood screw or pocket hole method to build your cabinet you can use pocket hole screws to attach your face frame.

On the outside edge. This really makes them pop and makes it clear even at a glance that these are no ordinary cabinets. The hard part may be convincing yourself that you can do it but it. They don t fit inside of an opening.

Thanks to their adjustability european style hinges make mounting doors as easy as assembling them. Learn about 4 types of hinge installation for face frame cabinets. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. The contrast between the white surfaces and the darker shadows along the seams are emphasized by shaker styling.

I bought a jig over at rockler and that made things easier. I set a shim at the bottom of the door. Inset cabinetry features doors and drawers that fit inside of the cabinet face frame openings. That are cut exactly all the way around they look better to me.

Knowing the hinges i was going to use the first task was to drill the holes on the frames to mount them. Soft closed and three way adjustability. I like doors that are set right inside the cabinet like that. Apply some wood glue and drive your screws into the pocket hole.

When you re going for inset doors white is a great choice and our snow white inset cabinets are perfect for the style. Now mount the doors on your cabinet.