Face Frame Cabinetry

Making the face frame run past all the plywood edges provides a little wiggle room and hides not so perfect saw cuts on the plywood.

Face frame cabinetry.

American style face frame cabinets typically have large gaps between the doors and show the wood face frame all the way around the door. On the outside edge. And up to 1 1 2 in. Framed cabinets are the more traditional style of american built cabinets.

Partial and full overlay as well as inset cabinet doors can be used with framed cabinets giving you many design possibilities for creating a customized look for your cabinetry. The bessey cabinetry clamp is designed to combine the multiple steps of face frame cabinet installation into one easy process. Doors or drawer fronts normally overlay the frame but they. Face frame cabinets have integral bases.

A face frame cabinet has a 1 by 2 frame that rims the cabinet s front edges masking the construction and strengthening the box. European style hinges require 35mm holes but a 1 3 8 bit is close enough. Framed cabinets are attached to each other through the width of the face frame. The hinges on framed cabinets are installed on the frame and the cabinet door sits on the outside of the face frame.

Face frame stiles can be tightened aligned pre drilled and fastened while the clamp is in place. Transitional areas of cabinetry such as corner cabinets lazy susan applications typically use 90 inside and outside corner face frame configurations. It works on stiles 1 1 2 in. Walzcraft offers door only and door drawer front face frame components for inside and outside corner configurations.

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. Learn about 4 types of hinge installation for face frame cabinets. Framed cabinets can accommodate a longer screw length usually 2 1 2 due to the width of the face frame and the solid wood material. There are two types of face frame cabinet styles.

Thanks to their adjustability european style hinges make mounting doors as easy as assembling them. Begin by drilling 1 3 8 holes 1 2 deep with a forstner bit below. Also frameless base cabinets are usually mounted on top of a separate plinth or toe kick. This allows the screws to anchor more deeply into the attachment points of the adjacent cabinet.

Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in.