Building Face Frame Cabinets With Inset Doors

Knowing the hinges i was going to use the first task was to drill the holes on the frames to mount them.

Building face frame cabinets with inset doors.

What are the advantages of inset cabinetry. Apply some wood glue and drive your screws into the pocket hole. The other good points with the hinges i chose. Thanks to their adjustability european style hinges make mounting doors as easy as assembling them.

If you put the door and. 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. It s fast and secure. The finished gap i use is 3 32 per door edge.

Achieving a good inset door fit with consistent gaps is a hallmark of good craftsmanship. Most cabinet doors today are overlay. 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. Good for inset doors.

Now mount the doors on your cabinet. Begin by drilling 1 3 8 holes 1 2 deep with a forstner bit below. The hard part may be convincing yourself that you can do it but it. I bought a jig over at rockler and that made things easier.

I like doors that are set right inside the cabinet like that. This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another. This really makes them pop and makes it clear even at a glance that these are no ordinary cabinets. On the outside edge.

When you re going for inset doors white is a great choice and our snow white inset cabinets are perfect for the style. They had to be good for face frame cabinets. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. That are cut exactly all the way around they look better to me.

This type of cabinet construction gives a full view of the cabinet frame with only minimal spacing or gaps between the cabinet components. I set a shim at the bottom of the door. Learn about 4 types of hinge installation for face frame cabinets. Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet.

Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in. They don t fit inside of an opening. 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. The way i do that is to make a door that fits the opening exactly the same size.

Inset cabinetry features doors and drawers that fit inside of the cabinet face frame openings. Pocket hole screws on the inside of cabinet.