Face Frame Cabinet Plans

A face frame base kitchen cabinet carcass is ideal for both new and remodeled kitchen plans.

Face frame cabinet plans.

Here s how to dress up your next cabinet project with a pocket screwed face frame. If you have trouble with wood splitting try setting pocket holes for 1 2 stock and using 1 pocket hole screws. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in.

Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet. Pilot holes should be pre drilled. The plans show how 3 4 thick solid wood 21 4 to 21 2 wide is used for most face frame members.

Face frame components are typically between 1 1 2 and 2 in. American cabinet manufacturers have traditionally built cabinets using a framed construction. Note that your face frames are 1 2 wider than the carcass or the desired with of your cabinet. Face frames are very commonly made out of boards that are inches thick by 1 inches in width.

E joints between stiles and rails get rein forced with 20 biscuits or dowels plunged into the assembled joints from the top. This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another. The face frame will attach to the front of the cabinet carcass. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible.

Rip the rails and stiles to the width you desire and leave the. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. Materials for this kitchen plan include cabinet plywood preferably purebond shown boards for the top and bottom support ripped plywood strips for the toe kick and. The face frame will go around the perimeter of the cabinet and may outline doors and drawers.

This allows the screws to anchor more deeply into the attachment points of the adjacent cabinet. Individual face frame members fasten to the foundation boxes one piece at a time held in place with glue and clamps or glue and metal pins or brads. Face frames cover plywood edges. Framed cabinets are attached to each other through the width of the face frame.

Build face frames first with pocket holes and glue. Joint and plane stock for your face frame parts so the stiles and rails will be flat and square. Any woodworker with intermediate to advanced skill level can tackle this diy project. Poplar wood is a very popular and an affordable wood choice for painted cabinets.

Begin with the right cabinet dimensions. On the outside edge.