Standard Cabinet Face Frame Dimensions

Assembled face frames are only grain and color matched on the faces.

Standard cabinet face frame dimensions. I do not use edge tape because i believe it is strictly cheap junk. 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. The illustrations below represent typical cabinet layouts for the number of openings. All natural wood characteristics are acceptable on the inside edges.

Stiles and rails for doors and face frames are always the same thickness typically 3 4 inch. It s standard for all cabinets and doors due to the fact that most cabinet grade lumber of. Merillat favors 2 wide door frames because they use valuable hardwood. For the overlay doors i have been making all perimeter rails and.

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. All solid face frame edging 3 4 thick mortise tenon joinery even on the 3 4 wide face frames. There s nothing dainty about that 2 door frame size clint. Please note that assembled face frames will have a size tolerance of 1mm on the overall sizes and 1mm within each opening.

Standard stile rail dimensions for face frames is 1 1 2. 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. 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.