How To Build Simple Kitchen Base Cabinets

How to build a kitchen base cabinet from scratch using traditional face frame and plywood construction.

How to build simple kitchen base cabinets. Cut Base Kitchen Cabinet Carcass Pieces. Remove the doors drawers and all hardware and apply a finish. Next glue and screw the bottom panel to the base panels and attach the side panels to the bottom.

Put your finished cabinets to work. Set the cleat attached to the cabinet on top of the cleat attached to the wall. The toe-kick lower indentation part of a cabinet is 4 high by 3 deep.

The height of a base cabinet with a countertop is 36. Attach the cabinets to the wall by securing the back supports to the 1x6s we attached earlier. Attach the second piece to the wall with deck screws fastened to wall studs.

Planning of the cabinets is a very simple task but there are a few standards used in cabinet building 1. Then cut 4 panels out of 1 by 6 lumber for the base panels and top bracers and cut 4 more panels for the face of the cabinet. Once all cabinets are installed a toekick is installed over all the bases.

Add Backs to DIY Cabinets. She includes lots of instructions pictures and a shopping list. 36 Sink Base Kitchen Cabinet.

As with all of our plans you are building at your own risk and you should have a firm understanding of building in general before you attempt many of our plans some are easy as pie and perfect for beginners. Determine and Cut Cabinet Depth. Directions for order- ing these plans are given on page 5.