Building Custom Cabinet Doors

Even with expensive hardwood boards you need to look through the stock and check each board for straightness.

Building custom cabinet doors.

Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. Take the height of the door you want and add 1 8 in. Figuring the length of the rails is more complicated. The most important part of building your own cabinet doors is to make sure you are working with straight lumber.

After that coat the door with your desired finish to give it a glossy elegant look. Also the wider the door the more clearance you ll need in front of the cabinet. But i wanted a really nice natural color for the bottom doors so i used the hickory 2 x4 purebond plywood panels for the doors on the base cabinets and pantry. These smaller panels are a lot easier to handle than full sheets and since most of my cabinets were built 24 wide i did that on purpose i only had to cut the door panels down in one direction since the 2.

If you do not know how to pick out straight boards check out the beginners guide to buying lumber for all the details. Finally screw the hinges and handle onto the door and install it to the cabinet. For more tips including how to build a raised panel cabinet door read on. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy.

In this video i am copying the dimensions of an old cabinet door in order to replace one that is missing in the kitchen. Utilizing the finest hardwoods the most talented craftsmen the highest caliber of woodworking equipment and finishing it off with an artist s touch cabinet refacing has never been this easy. Make cabinets as wide as you like but remember that the wider the doors the greater the tendency to rack and warp. Once you ve cut the door out soften its sides with a router to get rid of any rough edges.

Standard wall cabinets measure 12 deep.