Making Cabinet Doors From Plywood

Cut your rails and styles to length.

Making cabinet doors from plywood.

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. Width length of the top and bottom 1 3 1 2. Cut panels for the shaker cabinet doors. 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.

Subtract 3 4 to allow for two 3 8 deep dadoes joining the bottom to the sides. So i decided to make. 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.

My hallway cabinets are still under construction. 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. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin.

Put the other rail in place without glue clamp and measure from corner to corner both ways. They can be finished with paint stain followed by polyurethane or any other finish you deem appropriate. Subtract that number from the case width. 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.

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. Step 1 choose which door to make. 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. Shows how to router the edges of the door to give it a custom detail.

There are two basic types of cabinet doors slab and flat panel most often chosen. Cut the cabinet bottom to that length. If the measurements aren t identical the door isn t square. Make sure the outer sides of the rails are flush with the ends of the stiles.

To bring the door into square skew one or both clamps a little bit and measure again. But the last order i placed took about six weeks to get here and i didn t want to wait that long. Here s a classic way to put together a strong good looking door without making any unsightly holes. When i cut it i make sure the grain in the plywood is going to run up and down on the door panel.

Cut your center panel out of 1 2 plywood. Most slab doors are made of plywood. I cut the inside plywood panels as follows. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing.

For example to make a cabinet 33 3 4 wide using 3 4 plywood cut the case. This video shows how to build cabinet doors using 3 4 cabinet grade plywood.