How To Build A Cabinet Door
4 upper cabinet doors 1 lower cabinet door and 4 window seat doors.
How to build a cabinet door. The door will be made from 2 rails the horizontal pieces 2 stiles the vertical pieces and the panel. To save money i bought a 4 x 8 foot sheet of mdf board from lowe s for approximately 37 00. The first part in how to build a cabinet door is to get a rough sketch made so you can determine the dimensions of each piece needed.
Spaces images getty images. I used euro style drawer slides in this build. I needed to make 9 cabinet doors.
Ikea sells a few stand alone drawer and door fronts but more often you need to purchase the entire unit. If you are handy though it s entirely possible to build your slab style cabinet doors. Cabinet door hinges for whatever style door you are making.
One riff on slab cabinets is the high gloss look. 1 1 4 pocket hole screws. How to build cabinet doors all posts cabinet making 101 doors free plans kitchen cabinets i share a lot of plans that involve building cabinet doors and don t want to have to draw out this detail every single time so here s a detailed tutorial showing you how to build cabinet doors by cutting a dado into your door material that will accept a 1 4 panel.
Solid wood of choice for the face frame door frame and drawer front. Euro or cup hinges are the easiest most forgiving means of hanging your new cabinet doors. To even up the ends of the door cut 1 16 in.
Get help with the hinges. Your quick sketch does not need to be pretty or to scale. Finally screw the hinges and handle onto the door and install it to the cabinet.
If you re getting into cabinet making you ll most likely have to make cabinet doors eventually. I used overlay door hinges. Building shaker cabinet doors is only part of the story.
After that coat the door with your desired finish to give it a glossy elegant look. From each end using the table saw. We had the employees at lowe s cut the mdf board into 9 pieces using the measurements we gave them for each cabinet window seat door.
These are doors with a frame made most of the time from hardwood and a panel made of anything from solid wood to plywood to mdf. You also have to hang them. Drawer slides for however many drawers you are making.
In this video i am copying the dimensions of an old cabinet door in order to replace one that is missing in the kitchen. For more tips including how to build a raised panel cabinet door read on.
