Building Face Frame Cabinets

Learn how to make simple face frame upper and lower cabinets including doors and drawers.

Building face frame cabinets.

The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible. When it comes to assembling face frames for cabinets there s nothing faster than pocket hole joints each joint takes about 90 seconds apiece using a store bought jig. Wood magazine s kevin boyle shows you this foolproof method expla. However there are a few important things to consider when planning your cabinet layout.

Face frames are one of the easiest parts of a cabinet that there is to build. Attaching the frame to the case hides the holes. The faceframe is assembled using pockehole screws and atta. This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another.

I definitely recommend face frame cabinets over frameless or euro style and the good news is face frames are pretty easy to build. Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. In the last posts i explained three methods for building cabinets and basic techniques for cabinet building.

This post applies to building and attaching a cabinet face frame which is the next step to building a cabinet. Begin with the right cabinet dimensions. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. Quick and easy way to make and attach a face frame to a cabinet using pocket hole screws and glue.

There are several methods i use to attach the face frame but i generally always build the face frame with pocket hole screws. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. On the outside edge. So today i thought that i would share with you this quick tutorial on how to build face frames with the intention of pointing out those very important considerations.

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.