Building Face Frame Cabinets

In the last posts i explained three methods for building cabinets and basic techniques for cabinet building.

Building face frame cabinets.

The faceframe is assembled using pockehole screws and atta. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. Learn how to make simple face frame upper and lower cabinets including doors and drawers. Attaching the frame to the case hides the holes.

However there are a few important things to consider when planning your cabinet layout. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible. 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. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups.

On the outside edge. Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in. I definitely recommend face frame cabinets over frameless or euro style and the good news is face frames are pretty easy to build. Wood magazine s kevin boyle shows you this foolproof method expla.

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 are one of the easiest parts of a cabinet that there is to build. 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. Pocket hole screws give the frame all the strength it needs and then some.

There are several methods i use to attach the face frame but i generally always build the face frame with pocket hole screws. Quick and easy way to make and attach a face frame to a cabinet using pocket hole screws and glue. Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet. This post applies to building and attaching a cabinet face frame which is the next step to building a cabinet.

Face frames cover plywood edges.