Making Cabinet Doors From Plywood

Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing.

Making cabinet doors from plywood.

Cut panels for the shaker cabinet doors. Most slab doors are made of plywood. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. Subtract 3 4 to allow for two 3 8 deep dadoes joining the bottom to the sides.

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 your center panel out of 1 2 plywood. Cut the cabinet bottom to that length. 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.

If you missed part 1 of this project you can see it here. My hallway cabinets are still under construction. This video shows how to build cabinet doors using 3 4 cabinet grade plywood. Make sure the outer sides of the rails are flush with the ends of the stiles.

Step 1 choose which door to make. Width length of the top and bottom 1 3 1 2. 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.

Multiply the thickness of the plywood or mdf sides times two. So i decided to make. Probably the most inexpensive and versatile style of a cabinet door is the slab. 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.

Subtract that number from the case width. 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. Simple frameless doors can be made by simply cutting sanded or cabinet grade plywood to the required dimension. If the measurements aren t identical the door isn t square.

There are two basic types of cabinet doors slab and flat panel most often chosen. I cut the inside plywood panels as follows. 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.

Length of the side 1 3 5 or 2 x 1 3 width if they are not 2 1 2 wide 1 2. To bring the door into square skew one or both clamps a little bit and measure again. Cut your rails and styles to length. 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.

When i cut it i make sure the grain in the plywood is going to run up and down on the door panel. For example to make a cabinet 33 3 4 wide using 3 4 plywood cut the case.