Base Cabinet Face Frame Dimensions

Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in.

Base cabinet face frame dimensions.

Maximum front frame sizes are 96 in one direction and 48 in the other direction. Please note that assembled face frames will have a size tolerance of 1mm on the overall sizes and 1mm within each opening. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. Note that your carcass is 1 2 less in overall width than your desired finished cabinet dimensions.

Begin with the right cabinet dimensions. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible. Assembled face frames are only grain and color matched on the faces. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups.

Individual face frame rails vary in width from the top of the cabinet to the bottom. This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another. Question in the past i have been building exclusively overlay face frame cabinets but lately i have been getting some inset door jobs. For face frames attached with pocket holes also drill 3 4 phs facing forward for attaching face frames in later steps on underside of bottom shelf.

Assembled frames sanded on front only with 220 grit paper. All natural wood characteristics are acceptable on the inside edges. Framed cabinets are the more traditional style of american built cabinets. On the outside edge.

Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. 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. Standard stile rail dimensions for face frames is 1 1 2.

Framing wider than 4 1 2 may have one glue joint. Base cabinet height. Face frames cover plywood edges. For example a front frame can be ordered 36 w x 96 h or 96 w x 36 h but not 96 w x 96 h.

Building codes and accepted design practices like to stress accessibility and the wrong height is the one aspect that can make a base cabinet inaccessible. Center or divider rails typically measure 2. They feature a frame around the face of the cabinet similar to a picture frame or you can imagine a front panel with a space cut out of it.