Face Frame Cabinetry

On the outside edge.

Face frame cabinetry.

The hinges on framed cabinets are installed on the frame and the cabinet door sits on the outside of the face frame. Framed cabinets are the more traditional style of american built cabinets. Framed cabinets are attached to each other through the width of the face frame. American style face frame cabinets typically have large gaps between the doors and show the wood face frame all the way around the door.

This allows the screws to anchor more deeply into the attachment points of the adjacent cabinet. There are two types of face frame cabinet styles. Framed cabinets attach the door hinges to the frame face and shelves and are usually but not always adjustable. There is the american style face frame where the doors lap on top of the face frame and a flush inset style where the doors fit perfectly inside the frame.

Doors or drawer fronts normally overlay the frame but they. European style hinges require 35mm holes but a 1 3 8 bit is close enough. A face frame does a better job of this if it overlaps the box edges a bit. Thanks to their adjustability european style hinges make mounting doors as easy as assembling them.

The bessey cabinetry clamp is designed to combine the multiple steps of face frame cabinet installation into one easy process. Transitional areas of cabinetry such as corner cabinets lazy susan applications typically use 90 inside and outside corner face frame configurations. Face frame cabinets have integral bases. Walzcraft offers door only and door drawer front face frame components for inside and outside corner configurations.

Also frameless base cabinets are usually mounted on top of a separate plinth or toe kick. Begin by drilling 1 3 8 holes 1 2 deep with a forstner bit below. Learn about 4 types of hinge installation for face frame cabinets. 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.

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. And up to 1 1 2 in. Face frame stiles can be tightened aligned pre drilled and fastened while the clamp is in place. A face frame cabinet has a 1 by 2 frame that rims the cabinet s front edges masking the construction and strengthening the box.

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.