Building Face Frame Cabinets With Inset Doors

Most cabinet doors today are overlay.

Building face frame cabinets with inset doors.

I like doors that are set right inside the cabinet like that. Knowing the hinges i was going to use the first task was to drill the holes on the frames to mount them. This really makes them pop and makes it clear even at a glance that these are no ordinary cabinets. What are the advantages of inset cabinetry.

Learn about 4 types of hinge installation for face frame cabinets. They had to be good for face frame cabinets. It s fast and secure. The way i do that is to make a door that fits the opening exactly the same size.

Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. The other good points with the hinges i chose. The finished gap i use is 3 32 per door edge. This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another.

I bought a jig over at rockler and that made things easier. The hard part may be convincing yourself that you can do it but it. Pocket hole screws on the inside of cabinet. With my cabinets and face frames built in this manner i am able to make my inset doors 1 16 smaller than the opening size.

I am also careful to make the carcasses square as i build the boxes so as not to throw the face frames out of square with an out of square cabinet carcass. When you re going for inset doors white is a great choice and our snow white inset cabinets are perfect for the style. Begin by drilling 1 3 8 holes 1 2 deep with a forstner bit below. Achieving a good inset door fit with consistent gaps is a hallmark of good craftsmanship.

Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet. If you put the door and. Now mount the doors on your cabinet. This type of cabinet construction gives a full view of the cabinet frame with only minimal spacing or gaps between the cabinet components.

If your cabinet sides are not visible and you used the wood screw or pocket hole method to build your cabinet you can use pocket hole screws to attach your face frame. Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in. And this is an area where it s a real advantage to complete the face frame first then fit the doors and drawers before assembling the frame and cabinet. Thanks to their adjustability european style hinges make mounting doors as easy as assembling them.

Apply some wood glue and drive your screws into the pocket hole. Soft closed and three way adjustability. They don t fit inside of an opening. On the outside edge.

Good for inset doors. I set a shim at the bottom of the door.