Making Inset Cabinet Doors

The finished gap i use is 3 32 per door edge.

Making inset cabinet doors.

There are thousands of hinges out there. With my cabinets and face frames built in this manner i am able to make my inset doors 1 16 smaller than the opening size. I had to take a crash course on this matter even before i bought the wooden material. Inset cabinetry offers clean lines flush inset doors and features that can change the look of a standard cabinet with a full overlay door.

Of course i glue up my doors with the same attention to squareness. The amount of overlay can vary to determine the size of the hinges or the overall style of the cabinet. With inset cabinets you can personalize the design with either beaded or non beaded inserts to create your own look and complement your home s décor. The whole hinge part is craziness when you re a cabinet door building rookie.

It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. Opposite to inset cabinets overlay cabinets will layer the cabinet doors on top of the frames with just a little bit of the frame showing through. If the gap is small a square edge on the back stile will prevent the door from closing. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin.

Learn how to make and install inset cabinet doors and drawers. If the cabinet doors pop out from the frame it is likely that you have an overlay cabinet. Wood magazine s jeff mertz takes you through the steps to create perfectly spaced inset drawer. Today we are going to go through how we installed the doors and drawers which is step five in the base cabinet post.

My key points for choosing the hinges i chose were these. Make a pencil mark on the door where the back edge of the lock stile hits the opening at both the door top and bottom. For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel. They had to be concealed not showing.

Connect these two marks with a line. We feel that this adds to the character of the cabinets and makes it look like the cabinets are original. One of the aspects of our built ins that we just love are the fact that we were able to install inset cabinet doors. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing.