Making Inset Cabinet Doors

Today we are going to go through how we installed the doors and drawers which is step five in the base cabinet post.

Making inset cabinet doors.

If the cabinet doors pop out from the frame it is likely that you have an overlay cabinet. I had to take a crash course on this matter even before i bought the wooden material. Wood magazine s jeff mertz takes you through the steps to create perfectly spaced inset drawer. The amount of overlay can vary to determine the size of the hinges or the overall style of the cabinet.

They had to be concealed not showing. 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. Inset cabinetry offers clean lines flush inset doors and features that can change the look of a standard cabinet with a full overlay door. After the hinges are set the final gap between the lock stile and the cabinet can be finished.

Connect these two marks with a line. Good for inset doors. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. The whole hinge part is craziness when you re a cabinet door building rookie.

With inset cabinets you can personalize the design with either beaded or non beaded inserts to create your own look and complement your home s décor. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel.

Of course i glue up my doors with the same attention to squareness. Learn how to make and install inset cabinet doors and drawers. My key points for choosing the hinges i chose were these. There are thousands of hinges out there.

The finished gap i use is 3 32 per door edge. One of the aspects of our built ins that we just love are the fact that we were able to install inset cabinet doors. We feel that this adds to the character of the cabinets and makes it look like the cabinets are original. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy.