Standard Cabinet Face Frame Dimensions

Merillat favors 2 wide door frames because they use valuable hardwood.

Standard cabinet face frame dimensions.

Please note that assembled face frames will have a size tolerance of 1mm on the overall sizes and 1mm within each opening. The illustrations below represent typical cabinet layouts for the number of openings. I do not use edge tape because i believe it is strictly cheap junk. All solid face frame edging 3 4 thick mortise tenon joinery even on the 3 4 wide face frames.

All natural wood characteristics are acceptable on the inside edges. It s standard for all cabinets and doors due to the fact that most cabinet grade lumber of. The basic structure of shaker cabinets is no different than any other cabinet using hardwood face frames which is almost always 3 4 inch thick. Thoughts about choosing practical and attractive dimensions for face frames cabinet door stiles and rails and drawer fronts.

Standard stile rail dimensions for face frames is 1 1 2. I might use a 1 1 2 stile where the cabinet butts up to the wall then 3 4 stiles where i have a single vertical stile in the center of a cabinet and perhaps 1 or 1 1 4 rails. There s nothing dainty about that 2 door frame size clint. Unfinished custom wood cabinet front face frames design your own cabinet fronts and have them shipped direct to ready to finish your front face frame price will be calculated based on option selections and size.

For the overlay doors i have been making all perimeter rails and. Assembled face frames are only grain and color matched on the faces. Merillat the largest maker of cabinets installed in new construction long ago settled on 2 wide cabinet face frames and door frames even though it tried other door frame widths such as 1 1 8. Stiles and rails for doors and face frames are always the same thickness typically 3 4 inch.