Cabinet Door Plans Woodworking

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.

Cabinet door plans woodworking.

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. They can be finished with paint stain followed by polyurethane or any other finish you deem appropriate. At 24 deep standard base cabinets allow you to bend over and reach in to retrieve anything at the back. Plan to use 1 3 or 1 4 hardwood boards for the door s frame.

Make cabinets as wide as you like but remember that the wider the doors the greater the tendency to rack and warp. Store bought wood has very straight and square edges. The actual dimensions will be 3 4 x 2 1 2 in. These are just nominal dimensions of course.

Diy shaker cabinet doors. Total cut depth will be 1 2. Or 3 4 x 3 1 2 in. Mark the back of each board so your dado lines up when you assemble your doors.

Probably the most inexpensive and versatile style of a cabinet door is the slab. No fancy router bits and a nice old fashioned look. A quick overview of how i make traditional raised panel doors with a tablesaw router and hand plane.