Making Cabinet Doors From Plywood

Cut your center panel out of 1 2 plywood.

Making cabinet doors from plywood.

There are two basic types of cabinet doors slab and flat panel most often chosen. When i cut it i make sure the grain in the plywood is going to run up and down on the door panel. This video shows how to build cabinet doors using 3 4 cabinet grade plywood. 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.

Probably the most inexpensive and versatile style of a cabinet door is the slab. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. So i decided to make. Make sure the outer sides of the rails are flush with the ends of the stiles.

Put the other rail in place without glue clamp and measure from corner to corner both ways. My hallway cabinets are still under construction. Multiply the thickness of the plywood or mdf sides times two. 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.

Width length of the top and bottom 1 3 1 2. 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. Length of the side 1 3 5 or 2 x 1 3 width if they are not 2 1 2 wide 1 2. For example to make a cabinet 33 3 4 wide using 3 4 plywood cut the case.

Most slab doors are made of plywood. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. Subtract 3 4 to allow for two 3 8 deep dadoes joining the bottom to the sides. But the last order i placed took about six weeks to get here and i didn t want to wait that long.

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 your rails and styles to length. To bring the door into square skew one or both clamps a little bit and measure again.

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. Cut panels for the shaker cabinet doors. 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. Shows how to router the edges of the door to give it a custom detail.

Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. I cut the inside plywood panels as follows. Simple frameless doors can be made by simply cutting sanded or cabinet grade plywood to the required dimension. If you missed part 1 of this project you can see it here.

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. If the measurements aren t identical the door isn t square.