Build Your Own Cabinet Doors

Mark the back of each board so your dado lines up when you assemble your doors.

Build your own cabinet doors.

Even with expensive hardwood boards you need to look through the stock and check each board for straightness. But the last order i placed took about six weeks to get here and i didn t want to wait that long. Start by ripping two side pieces to the. 4 upper cabinet doors 1 lower cabinet door and 4 window seat doors.

If you missed part 1 of this project you can see it here. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy. We had the employees at lowe s cut the mdf board into 9 pieces using the measurements we gave them for each cabinet window seat door. So i decided to make.

To save money i bought a 4 x 8 foot sheet of mdf board from lowe s for approximately 37 00. Plywood thicknesses vary though so make certain your material thickness measures a true 3 4 or adjust your part dimensions to achieve the final cabinet width. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin.

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. Choose which door to make. For a base cabinet less than 4 wide you can cut all the parts except the back and toekick from one 3 4 4 8 sheet of plywood or mdf. For cabinets with face frames if doing partial overlay add 2 times whatever you want your overlay to be to the height and width of your inside opening and be sure get hinges to match your overlay.

Total cut depth will be 1 2. Make a no fuss case using your tablesaw. My hallway cabinets are still under construction. The cabinets are custom built in place and the boxes are all in great.

Cabinet doors can make or break the look of your kitchen or bathroom cabinets and the longevity of the cabinets. Now that s a lot of cabinets. The most important part of building your own cabinet doors is to make sure you are working with straight lumber. There is no fixing that kinda ugly.

How to build cabinet doors if you cut your dado 1 2 deep it s easy to figure out the math for your doors just add 1 to the width and length of the panel. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. 1 2 of the panel will slide into the dado on all sides. I have 62 cabinet doors and 24 draw fronts kitchen baths and laundry area and i have removed 6 cabinets over the bar.

The secret lies in the workmanship and quality of materials used to make cabinet doors. For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel.