Build A Cabinet Door

For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel.

Build a cabinet door. Standard base cabinets measure 34 1 2 high for a 36 high work surface with a 1 1 2 countertop. You can pick any width you want for your cabinet door rails and stiles. In this video i am copying the dimensions of an old cabinet door in order to replace one that is missing in the kitchen. It took about 15 minutes to make each door not including the time it took for the glue to dry.

I built my cabinet doors with simple frames and floating panels as in the panels float inside the frame. With the front side of the door facing up use a cabinet hardware jig to attach door handles or pulls in a consistent location. A flat door panel will usually be made from 25 inch 6 mm plywood the same wood type as the rest of the cabinet. At 24 deep standard base cabinets allow you to bend over and reach in to retrieve anything at the back.

Mark the back of each board so your dado lines up when you assemble your doors. Measure the distance between the screws on the door pull and set the. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy. The exact measurement of each piece depends on the final size of the cabinet door and the final method of building your cabinet doors.

Figuring the length of the rails is more complicated. Begin assembly of the door. I typically use 1 3 boards for mine so they are 2 1 2 wide. Total cut depth will be 1 2.

Take the height of the door you want and add 1 8 in. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. Cut 2 stiles the height of the cabinet doors cut 2 rails the width of the cabinet doors minus 2x the width of the boards 1 3 boards are typically 2 1 2 but it is always a good idea to double check. Each door is made up of 2 stiles 2 rails and a center panel.

Simply sand and stain or paint your shaker cabinet door add some awesome cabinet handles and hinges and you are good to go. Ordinarily this will be the width of a table saw blade. Next you will use the router to create a groove around the perimeter of the inside of the cabinet doors for the panel to sit inside. There are a million ways to make a door but this method is fairly simple and worked with the tools i already had.

Cut the door panel insert slightly less than the size you need to allow for wood expansion and contraction. Cost per door is around 20 you can get about 6 center panels from each sheet of plywood. 1 2 of the panel will slide into the dado on all sides.