Build A Cabinet Door

1 2 of the panel will slide into the dado on all sides.

Build a cabinet door.

For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel. A flat door panel will usually be made from 25 inch 6 mm plywood the same wood type as the rest of the cabinet. Take the height of the door you want and add 1 8 in. Cut dadoes in cabinet door frames.

Begin assembly of the door. 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. With the front side of the door facing up use a cabinet hardware jig to attach door handles or pulls in a consistent location. You can pick any width you want for your cabinet door rails and stiles.

Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. In this video i am copying the dimensions of an old cabinet door in order to replace one that is missing in the kitchen. Standard base cabinets measure 34 1 2 high for a 36 high work surface with a 1 1 2 countertop. Cut the door panel insert slightly less than the size you need to allow for wood expansion and contraction.

I typically use 1 3 boards for mine so they are 2 1 2 wide. Measure the distance between the screws on the door pull and set the. Make cabinets as wide as you like but remember that the wider the doors the greater the tendency to rack and warp. Total cut depth will be 1 2.

At 24 deep standard base cabinets allow you to bend over and reach in to retrieve anything at the back. Mark the back of each board so your dado lines up when you assemble your doors. Cost per door is around 20 you can get about 6 center panels from each sheet of plywood. 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.

Each door is made up of 2 stiles 2 rails and a center panel. I built my cabinet doors with simple frames and floating panels as in the panels float inside the frame. Simply sand and stain or paint your shaker cabinet door add some awesome cabinet handles and hinges and you are good to go. It took about 15 minutes to make each door not including the time it took for the glue to dry.

The exact measurement of each piece depends on the final size of the cabinet door and the final method of building your cabinet doors. Figuring the length of the rails is more complicated. There are a million ways to make a door but this method is fairly simple and worked with the tools i already had.