Building Plywood Kitchen Cabinets

Likely if you are building an entire kitchen of cabinets you will end up with plenty of leftover thin strips of plywood by the time you cut out everything.

Building plywood kitchen cabinets. You could call it just in time assembly. Because of its simplicity a wall cabinet is ideal for demonstrating the key benefit of frameless construction. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. Whether you need new kitchen cabinets bathroom cabinets or more storage in your garage or basement the construction is the same.

You will have to rip another thin piece from another sheet of plywood or other scraps to get enough for both cabinets. The sample base and wall cabinets shown belowhave these features to make building them as simple as possible. In this video i discuss and demonstrate some simple methods for constructing cabinets. Wether you are looking to make some cabinets for.

Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. Frameless cabinet construction favors a cabinet box that uses a thicker stiffer plywood to make up for the lack. Check out this how to video and get all the details tips and tricks on the exact plans and build over on the blog at. To calculate the size of wall or upper cabinets add 18 20 to the counter height.

Cabinets are usually about 24 deep to allow for a roughly 25 deep countertop with a slight lip. Cabinets are also usually 34 5 tall allowing for a 36 overall height once the countertop material is added. Essentially you ll be building a plywood box called a carcass adding a solid wood face frame a couple of hanging cleats and finally some shelves.