Building my own cabinets...

[English Chick]

I am applauding you from over here!!...can't wait to see the finished result!! well done you...

 

[smom1976]

ready for doors.. !!! and a shelf.. but I have the braces in ready for the shelf..

That sucker is soooo bolted to the wall the house would have to come down around it!

I need to put the third cabinet in before I can compleatly frame in the second cabinet.. the third one is going to be a pantry cabinet floor to ceiling.. 15 inches wide and 24 inches deep

 

[Pennyhen]

Hi smom1976,

That looks pretty good after the trim is up.
I am a cabinetmaker and I wanted to suggest that doors might not be so tough for that. Pre fab doors around here are very spendy.
You can get veneered plywood and iron on veneer tape to finish the edges, just apply, sand, stain, laquer and hang. You may be able to get a local cabinet shop to cut it for you for cheap too. Just a suggestion in case you find the doors are just too expensive.

 

[smom1976]

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hey there pennyhen..

you came just at the right time

I am finding that the doors are a little expensive..

the opening is 13 1/4 wide and 34 1/8 tall.. adding one inch for 1/2 inch overlay all the way around is .. 14 1/4 wide and 35 1/8 tall .. now most of the online door places make them to whatever size you want.. but if you go over like 30 inches they get to charge you extra..

http://www.lakesidemoulding.com/Classic-Eyebrow-MDF-Cabinet-Door-p-16147.html

this door will cost me around 23$ per door including the cost to predrill for the hinge..

I just dont know

I wonder if there is a trim that already has a gruve in it and i can buy by the 8 foot piece then I can miter the corners and purchase a 1/4 in piece of board to fit into the frame? wouldn't that be great! I will put my thinking cap on and go to the hardware store

 

[smom1976]

this would work

I could do a square of this mitering the corners then I could just set in a thin piece of luan or something simular.. it wouldnt look perfect from one side but the other side you wouldnt be able to tell a difference!

its a "jamb" molding

 

[HennysMom]

wow what an undertaking! Congrats to you!

Are you planning on putting veneer inside the cabinets to prevent chipping/"sawdust" from the plywood? I know what you have up shown are above your washer/dryer so I'm assuming these are in your laundry area... do you plan on painting them inside to make the wood "lay down"?

I'd highly recommend purchasing some veneer or even luan in very thin sheets and gluing it to the plywood before putting it up in your kitchen. I have very old kitchen cabinets (homemade - 1905) in my kitchen now with just paint on them and they still "chip/sawdust" on occassion. We're ripping it out this spring to update everything but just wanted to throw out there you may want to cover your ply first.

Great job! Keep the pics coming!

 

[Pennyhen]

Hi smom,
Sorry it took so long to get back to you here.
Yes, you could find moulding to do that with, but, on those large doors they will have a tendancy to sag with that type of construction, it would be almost impossible to make those joints strong enough to hold the weight of the door up and square because the hinge side bears all the weight. That is why cope and stick joinery is used in a lot of cabinet door construction.
I think you are better off either buying the doors or going with solid. you could always put a trim on the outside of the solid doors to "spiff" em' up. And you could also use 1/2" veneered ply to cut the cost and weight. Euro hinges (the kind that need cups drilled for install) are cool but not necessary, there are all kinds of cabinet hinges that will work just fine without the need for special drilling.
Hope this helps. have fun with it, looks good so far...