Standard Cabinet Face Frame Dimensions

For the overlay doors i have been making all perimeter rails and.

Standard cabinet face frame dimensions.

Question in the past i have been building exclusively overlay face frame cabinets but lately i have been getting some inset door jobs. Stiles and rails for doors and face frames are always the same thickness typically 3 4 inch. 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. The illustrations below represent typical cabinet layouts for the number of openings.

It s standard for all cabinets and doors due to the fact that most cabinet grade lumber of. Assembled face frames are only grain and color matched on the faces. 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. 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 do not use edge tape because i believe it is strictly cheap junk. There s nothing dainty about that 2 door frame size clint. Merillat favors 2 wide door frames because they use valuable hardwood.

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. Typical horizontal rails are 1 4 inch wide at the bottom of the face frame with 2 inch wide rails between drawers and door openings. Typical vertical stiles for face frames are all 3 inches wide. All natural wood characteristics are acceptable on the inside edges.