Face Frame Cabinetry

Face frame stiles can be tightened aligned pre drilled and fastened while the clamp is in place.

Face frame cabinetry.

Framed cabinets are the more traditional style of american built cabinets. Walzcraft offers door only and door drawer front face frame components for inside and outside corner configurations. Thanks to their adjustability european style hinges make mounting doors as easy as assembling them. A face frame cabinet has a 1 by 2 frame that rims the cabinet s front edges masking the construction and strengthening the box.

This allows the screws to anchor more deeply into the attachment points of the adjacent cabinet. Face frame cabinets have integral bases. It works on stiles 1 1 2 in. On the outside edge.

The bessey cabinetry clamp is designed to combine the multiple steps of face frame cabinet installation into one easy process. Learn about 4 types of hinge installation for face frame cabinets. 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. American style face frame cabinets typically have large gaps between the doors and show the wood face frame all the way around the door.

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. Doors or drawer fronts normally overlay the frame but they. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. Framed cabinets attach the door hinges to the frame face and shelves and are usually but not always adjustable.

There are two types of face frame cabinet styles. European style hinges require 35mm holes but a 1 3 8 bit is close enough. Also frameless base cabinets are usually mounted on top of a separate plinth or toe kick. The hinges on framed cabinets are installed on the frame and the cabinet door sits on the outside of the face frame.

Partial and full overlay as well as inset cabinet doors can be used with framed cabinets giving you many design possibilities for creating a customized look for your cabinetry. Transitional areas of cabinetry such as corner cabinets lazy susan applications typically use 90 inside and outside corner face frame configurations. 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. A face frame does a better job of this if it overlaps the box edges a bit.

Begin by drilling 1 3 8 holes 1 2 deep with a forstner bit below.