Making Cabinet Doors From Plywood

Make sure the outer sides of the rails are flush with the ends of the stiles.

Making cabinet doors from plywood.

Simple frameless doors can be made by simply cutting sanded or cabinet grade plywood to the required dimension. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. Cut center panel to the final height of the cabinet door minus the rails width x2 and the width of the cabinet door minus the stiles width x2 step 1. Multiply the thickness of the plywood or mdf sides times two.

They can be finished with paint stain followed by polyurethane or any other finish you deem appropriate. Step 1 choose which door to make. If you missed part 1 of this project you can see it here. If the measurements aren t identical the door isn t square.

My hallway cabinets are still under construction. Length of the side 1 3 5 or 2 x 1 3 width if they are not 2 1 2 wide 1 2. Cut your center panel out of 1 2 plywood. I cut the inside plywood panels as follows.

Probably the most inexpensive and versatile style of a cabinet door is the slab. Cut panels for the shaker cabinet doors. While slab style cabinet doors can be built from plywood or melamine with the edges banded it is relatively simple to build slab doors from solid wood. Most slab doors are made of plywood.

You should consider the need for speed of construction durability ease of cleanup and maintenance step 2 pick the correct material to fit your doors. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. Subtract 3 4 to allow for two 3 8 deep dadoes joining the bottom to the sides. This video shows how to build cabinet doors using 3 4 cabinet grade plywood.

Use mdf medium density fiberboard on a painted or a covered surface for a wood grain look 1 x research sourcestep 3 use solid wood for a door when you make a panel door. For example to make a cabinet 33 3 4 wide using 3 4 plywood cut the case. 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. There are two basic types of cabinet doors slab and flat panel most often chosen.

Shows how to router the edges of the door to give it a custom detail. Subtract that number from the case width. But the last order i placed took about six weeks to get here and i didn t want to wait that long. To bring the door into square skew one or both clamps a little bit and measure again.

Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. Laminate is typically applied to the door panel although it is also possible to paint it or in the case of finer cabinet grade plywood to stain and varnish it. Put the other rail in place without glue clamp and measure from corner to corner both ways. When i cut it i make sure the grain in the plywood is going to run up and down on the door panel.

Cut the cabinet bottom to that length. Width length of the top and bottom 1 3 1 2.