Base Cabinet Face Frame Dimensions

If staining your piece you want to match your face frame wood as closely as possible to your carcass lumber.

Base cabinet face frame dimensions.

Grace kim the spruce wall cabinet height depth and width. Face frame joints are pressure fitted glued double doweled and stapled. Widths generally range from 9 to 48 inches in 3 inch increments and are chosen both to meet space needs and to provide specific functions. Stiles that divide cabinets in the center are typically 2 inches in width but some custom cabinetmakers use 3 inch stiles.

Wall cabinets are generally 12 5 deep this is non standard as most companies offer 12 deep as standard. Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet. Framing wider than 6 1 2 may have two glue joints. Framing wider than 4 1 2 may have one glue joint.

Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in. Obviously some models of wall or base cabinets will differ from these but this will be called out for that cabinet in the catalog as well as on your quote. I generally always build my face frames out of 1 2 poplar when painting. This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another.

Over the years cabinetmakers have standardized some cabinet dimensions based on practical considerations such as the average height of people. Maximum front frame sizes are 96 in one direction and 48 in the other direction. Question in the past i have been building exclusively overlay face frame cabinets but lately i have been getting some inset door jobs. You needn t adhere strictly to these but vary them at your own risk of discomfort.

Face frame stiles for cabinets are almost always 3 inches in width. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. I use wood glue and my k5 kreg ji g set for 3 4 material and use 1 1 4 coarse thread pocket hole screws. On the outside edge.

For the overlay doors i have been making all perimeter rails and stiles 1 3 4 inches and all middle stile and rails at 2 1 4 inches so i end up with 1 1 4 inch of all of the stiles and rails exposed with my 1 2 inch overlay doors. Base cabinet width is the great variable and each cabinet tends to be aimed toward certain uses. They are kiln dried to prevent warping. Standard base cabinets measure 341 2 high for a 36 high work surface with a 11 2 countertop.

Cabinet front face frames are made from 3 4 x 1 5 8 solid hardwood. Cabinet side panels cabinet side panels are 1 2 thick and made of engineered wood with our rigorous multi step tufftech uv cured finish. They are captured into a grooved front face frame and secured using.