Cabinet Frame Joints

The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible.

Cabinet frame joints.

The pencil marks also come in handy when you re ready to sand the assembled frame in your kitchen cabinet plans. A miter joint occurs when two end pieces are cut on angles and fitted together commonly found in the corners of picture frames and the upper corners of some styles of doorway. Diy shaker cabinet doors. It took 4 733 lbs force nearly 2 1 2 tons to pull apart.

A dado is nothing more than a square grooved slot on one board where another board will fit. These are just nominal dimensions of course. Clearly this test shows that the mortise tenon joint is superior to other joints. Biscuit miter joint 220 lbs force.

Face frames cover plywood edges. Attaching the frame to the case hides the holes. When it comes to assembling face frames for cabinets there s nothing faster than pocket hole joints each joint takes about 90 seconds apiece using a store bought jig. Walzcraft offers integral beaded face frames with haunched joints and dado grooves for face frame designs incorporating a beaded detail around each opening.

For a mortise tenon joint the wood failed but not the joint. Dado 559 lbs force screws did not help. You ll find this material at most home centers and lumberyards. This design style allows you to integrate our fs101 or fs103 bead detail onto your face frame without the need for an applied molding.

Plan to use 1 3 or 1 4 hardwood boards for the door s frame. Learn the steps to creating pocket joints in your woodworking projects. The actual dimensions will be 3 4 x 2 1 2 in. Label all the pieces with a pencil so the frame goes back together the same way you laid it out.

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Begin with the right cabinet dimensions. Dry fit face frame parts so the best side of all the boards will be seen avoiding stark grain color variations at joints. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation.

Store bought wood has very straight and square edges. Pocket joints work great for cabinet face frames and other similar applications where a lot of strength is not needed. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups.