Simple Cabinet Door Diy

Parts of a cabinet door.

Simple cabinet door diy.

The exact measurement of each piece depends on the final size of the cabinet door and the final method of building your cabinet doors. Reference to 4 4 refers to 25 inches multiplied by 4 so 3 4 wood would be 75 inches and 6 4 would be 1 5 inches. Take the height of the door you want and add 1 8 in. With only basic woodworking skills a tablesaw and a few simple tools you can make custom cabinets for your home or shop.

Oooh they have doors. Each door is made up of 2 stiles 2 rails and a center panel. So i decided to make. Figuring the length of the rails is more complicated.

Every choice depends on the look you are trying to achieve. The style of panel cabinet door you want can vary from the flat one described here to raised and glass panel doors. Cut 2 rails the width of the cabinet doors minus 2x the width of the boards 1 3 boards are typically 2 1 2 but it is always a good idea to double check. Okay let s hear em your excuses for not making those cabinets you could use everywhere from your kitchen to your workshop.

The design looks pretty simple as well. Simply sand and stain or paint your shaker cabinet door add some awesome cabinet handles and hinges and you are good to go. Diy hallway cabinets part 1 i contemplated purchasing custom cabinet doors for my hallway cabinets just like the replacement doors i purchased for my kitchen. In this video i am copying the dimensions of an old cabinet door in order to replace one that is missing in the kitchen.

My hallway cabinets are still under construction. 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. If you missed part 1 of this project you can see it here. Cost per door is around 20 you can get about 6 center panels from each sheet of plywood.

You can pick any width you want for your cabinet door rails and stiles. But the last order i placed took about six weeks to get here and i didn t want to wait that long. You ll want to just take it one piece at a time. It took about 15 minutes to make each door not including the time it took for the glue to dry.

As mentioned don t be intimidated by such a large project. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy.