Inset Cabinet Face Frame Dimensions

If you are using euro hinges you will need a 1 2 overlay hinge with the ff adapter plate.

Inset cabinet face frame dimensions.

This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another. So when the doors overlay the face frame by 1 2 on each opening it also leaves a nice 1 2 gap between the doors and drawer fronts and allows you to see a fair amoun of. Custom frames are available in any wood specie. I use the edge sander to size the door.

Begin with the right cabinet dimensions. Inset is my standard cabinet. Inset cabinets are made with framed boxes each cabinet box has a 1 5 inch wide face frame. Custom front frame configurations are available.

3 4 thick solid wood face frames with 1 1 2 wide stiles and rails unless otherwise specified. Standard stile rail dimensions for face frames is 1 1 2. The bottom rail is almost always 1 1 4 to 1 1 2 inches in width. I repeat this until the shims slip in snug.

Assembled face frames are only grain and color matched on the faces. See section below for specifications available inset beads for inset cabinet applications available door. Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet. On the outside edge.

For the overlay doors i have been making all perimeter rails and stiles 1 3 4 inches and all middle stile and rails at 2 1 4 inches so i end up with 1 1 4 inch of all of the stiles and rails exposed with my 1 2 inch overlay doors. Question in the past i have been building exclusively overlay face frame cabinets but lately i have been getting some inset door jobs. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. I have three of the 5 64 shims so i can do pairs of doors.

Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. Create unique cabinets within our rta cabinet program by deleting the standard frame doors drawer fronts and then ordering a custom configured face frame which snaps right on the cabinet. Center or divider rails typically measure 2. Please note that assembled face frames will have a size tolerance of 1mm on the overall sizes and 1mm within each opening.

Face frames will overhang the cabinet side by 5 16 unless the flush end option is requested only available on advantage. All natural wood characteristics are acceptable on the inside edges. Frames feature blind mortise and tenon joints. Individual face frame rails vary in width from the top of the cabinet to the bottom.

Face frames cover plywood edges. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible. I reduce the door size with the sander and check the fit. Frameless cabinets would be just the cabinet box and the hinge mounting plates then attach to the cabiinet side walls.

The face frames in the above picture are 1 1 2 wide.