Making Cabinet Doors From Plywood

Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing.

Making cabinet doors from plywood.

Shows how to router the edges of the door to give it a custom detail. Cut panels for the shaker cabinet doors. Most slab doors are made of plywood. Width length of the top and bottom 1 3 1 2.

For example to make a cabinet 33 3 4 wide using 3 4 plywood cut the case. Cut your rails and styles to length. When i cut it i make sure the grain in the plywood is going to run up and down on the door panel. To bring the door into square skew one or both clamps a little bit and measure again.

They can be finished with paint stain followed by polyurethane or any other finish you deem appropriate. Length of the side 1 3 5 or 2 x 1 3 width if they are not 2 1 2 wide 1 2. Probably the most inexpensive and versatile style of a cabinet door is the slab. If you missed part 1 of this project you can see it here.

There are two basic types of cabinet doors slab and flat panel most often chosen. So i decided to make. Multiply the thickness of the plywood or mdf sides times two. Simple frameless doors can be made by simply cutting sanded or cabinet grade plywood to the required dimension.

Here s a classic way to put together a strong good looking door without making any unsightly holes. Step 1 choose which door to make. Make sure the outer sides of the rails are flush with the ends of the stiles. My hallway cabinets are still under construction.

Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. Cut your center panel out of 1 2 plywood. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. 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.

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. I cut the inside plywood panels as follows. If the measurements aren t identical the door isn t square. 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.

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. 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. This video shows how to build cabinet doors using 3 4 cabinet grade plywood. Subtract that number from the case width.

Cut the cabinet bottom to that length. Subtract 3 4 to allow for two 3 8 deep dadoes joining the bottom to the sides.