Building Face Frame Cabinets

Face frames cover plywood edges.

Building face frame cabinets. Learn how to make simple face frame upper and lower cabinets including doors and drawers. I definitely recommend face frame cabinets over frameless or euro style and the good news is face frames are pretty easy to build. On the outside edge. Face frames are one of the easiest parts of a cabinet that there is to build.

There are several methods i use to attach the face frame but i generally always build the face frame with pocket hole screws. The faceframe is assembled using pockehole screws and atta. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. In the last posts i explained three methods for building cabinets and basic techniques for cabinet building.

Wood magazine s kevin boyle shows you this foolproof method expla. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible. 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. 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. 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. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another.

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. 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. Quick and easy way to make and attach a face frame to a cabinet using pocket hole screws and glue.

Attaching the frame to the case hides the holes.