Build A Cabinet Door

You can pick any width you want for your cabinet door rails and stiles.

Build a cabinet door.

I typically use 1 3 boards for mine so they are 2 1 2 wide. Cut dadoes in cabinet door frames. I built my cabinet doors with simple frames and floating panels as in the panels float inside the frame. Cut the door panel insert slightly less than the size you need to allow for wood expansion and contraction.

Standard base cabinets measure 34 1 2 high for a 36 high work surface with a 1 1 2 countertop. With the front side of the door facing up use a cabinet hardware jig to attach door handles or pulls in a consistent location. How to build cabinet doors if you cut your dado 1 2 deep it s easy to figure out the math for your doors just add 1 to the width and length of the panel. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy.

It took about 15 minutes to make each door not including the time it took for the glue to dry. 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 each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel. Simply sand and stain or paint your shaker cabinet door add some awesome cabinet handles and hinges and you are good to go.

A flat door panel will usually be made from 25 inch 6 mm plywood the same wood type as the rest of the cabinet. There are a million ways to make a door but this method is fairly simple and worked with the tools i already had. Mark the back of each board so your dado lines up when you assemble your doors. Make cabinets as wide as you like but remember that the wider the doors the greater the tendency to rack and warp.

Each door is made up of 2 stiles 2 rails and a center panel. Total cut depth will be 1 2. Begin assembly of the door. 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.

Figuring the length of the rails is more complicated. Cost per door is around 20 you can get about 6 center panels from each sheet of plywood. Measure the distance between the screws on the door pull and set the. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin.

1 2 of the panel will slide into the dado on all sides. Take the height of the door you want and add 1 8 in. At 24 deep standard base cabinets allow you to bend over and reach in to retrieve anything at the back.