3 Ways To Build Cabinet Doors

hey need to build cabin of doors well today I'm going to show how to build a beginner intermediate and a pro version of cabin doors let's get started for the first method the DIY method this will take the least amount of tools and the least amount of skill set but you'll still need a miter saw you'll still need a table saw and you'll need a pocket hole jig oh and maybe a brad nailor that'll help a lot but when it comes to skill set it's a relatively easy to follow we're going to use our 2 and 1/2 in select Pine why I select Pine because it's the cleanest it paints a lot better in terms of Dimensions it's up to whatever your building for but consider that the overlapping is depending on type of hinges you're using I usually go with half inch so it kind of does my mouth a little bit easier these dimensions are a/ inch longer on each side or a/ inch wider than my cabinet base I got everything lined up here first thing we need to do is put some pocket holes with pocket Hol is created we're going to put some wood glue and secure them using pocket hole screws [Music] for the backer I'm using a/4 in birch plywood it's nice and soft which will make painting it so much more Flawless we're going to attach I'm using 3/4 in brat Nails our brat nail gun and a little bit of wood glue completely around now it's done flip that over now we're going to still dress this up so it's going to look Perfection now most cabinet doors have some kind of little subtle pattern that kind of creates that depth of feel so I picked up these little rounded over Cove trim pieces very expensive a couple of bucks for a giant piece and we're going to line it all on the inside Brad nailing it on the inside so it goes into these Styles and rails and of course a little bit of wood glue to make sure they're nice and strong get a damp rag not too wet and then just kind of get all the little crevices if you can get it to it early enough it'll all come off and will have a nice Flawless look and if you're staining them you definitely want to get all the wood glue out because that's going to prevent the stain from actually penetrating the wood next we're going to take a little bit of wood filler and fill in all the Brad nail holes that are we left as well as any little imperfection that we might in our joints next we give it a light sand with 120 grit sandpaper look how beautiful that looks they're not done yet our finishing touches is we have to set out the holes for our hinges now you want to do this before you paint cuz you don't want to scratch them so this is a little kit they sell it together for like 20 bucks at the hardware store this is going to lay out exactly where your hinges are going to go we're just going to mark that there load it up and drill and just like that we have our cabin of door $35 of materials if you're brand new to building great place to start update those kitchen cabinet doors upgrade the dresser maybe in your room great place to start this is the beginner let's do the intermediate so you want to learn how to make intermediate style cabinet doors you're upgrading for the beginner perfect place to start so there's a little bit of a calculation you have to do it's nothing intimidating it's very simple you take your total width of your cabinet door subtract the thickness of these styles that are on the sides and then after after that add 3/4 to the total dimension of this why 3/4 because it's 38 here and 38 here and what are these These are going to be tenants that we have to create and for that we need a table saw all right so at this point we raise our blade up to4 inch height we have our little sled you can make one you can buy them they're very easy to make add a little stop loock there to have the most consistent Cuts repeatability is the most important part right now start there flip it over continue it there and then just clean up all the surface area here by just moving it back and forth going to take a quick break and talk about 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both of our style pieces we need to create mortise a channel for it to sit in on all four pieces around this part is super easy don't make any adjustments on your table get rid of your sled move your fence over find the center and you're going to create a qu inch wide Gap that's 3/8 in deep so to do that because your typical blade is roughly an eighth of an inch wide do the math we just do two passes a little bit wider than the last one and we have our quarter inch [Music] and now that we have our mortises and tenons these just plug in perfectly the backer or in this situation our panel that's I guess the appropriate word we're still using the/ quter inch Birch ply but here's a little trick that will help you get the cleanest cut this stuff tends to rip apart specifically on the bottom part of your cut but if you put a piece of tape over it and then make your cut over it it's going to have a crisp Cris cut trust me it's something I keep in my back pocket all the time when working with this stuff we have our Styles we have our rails more send it in we have our floating panel now we're going to glue up when it comes to gluing up if your floating panel is made out of solid wood it will expand and contracts as the seasons change you don't want to glue it down let it do its thing in this situation we're using plywood which is a relatively stable wood we are going to glue that inside this little Channel just to keep any kind of rattling and make it more solidified together as one giant [Music] [Applause] door when you're gluing these panels be sure not to overtighten that's a thing and the reason why is we worked hard putting all the wood glue in there by you overtightening it's going to squeeze it all out you don't have as much glue holding it together doesn't make for a very strong door it could dry in about 2 hours but to be safe let it dry overnight they're going to be so much stronger I'll see you guys in the morning hey welcome back to the next day cabinet door perfectly dry let's throw some uh I don't know holes to the hinges and there we go we got a perfectly beautiful mortise and Tenon classic cabin of door $21.40 cost to make one door like this great option in fact fun fact my first house I redid All the cabinet our Oak in this style and they held up really well now let's do the pro version so for the pro version the math calculations are exactly the same as intermediate subtract the width of your styles on the side at 3/8 on each side or 3/4 of an inch total and you have all your measurements we're not going to use a table saw we're only going to use a miter saw and now the best part the router with the pro method That's My go-to Method not because I consider myself a pro but because I already have a setup that makes it Flawless every single time I have my router and the most most important part here is you have to have a combination bit you have a tenant and you have a mortise that creates these are perfect legol like connections like a puzzle piece first one we're going to do is the tenants this bit is going to do the work for [Music] us we're done with our tenant router bit now we're going to switch to the mortar router bit [Music] now that we got our mortar bid on the most important part is to make sure you run everything the same way so this is the back of the cabinet door this is the front make sure you position it all of them are going to get a mortise right [Music] now all right this is why I love using the router table for stuff like that I mean look at that joint right there I mean everything is coming in there super tight super perfect and most importantly super precise and consistent now let's give this cabinet door a proper floating Center panel the math calculations are the same as the tenant overlap it by 38 of an inch give it 3/4 on each side whatever you want to do make it easier and throw this on the router using the tenin router [Music] bit right now if we attach all together is going to be one blank board just because these are all perfectly going to be the same plane this is where a raised panel bit comes into play it creates a little Cove that creates this three-dimensional look a very subtle basically the same cabinet so you see brand new construction builds this is what that creates look at that nice subtle little Cove right there let's assemble this now remember with this one this wood will expand the contract hence the floating panel so we're only going to glue the Morse and tenants on the Styles and rails on the side nothing in the middle [Music] and just like that we have our pro version of cabinet doors they look Flawless especially with a nice little roundover bit on the sides here guys this is perfection we're ready to upgrade our cabinets and this was actually only $30.98 to build per door and of course you're probably wondering I wonder what they look like when they're painted well look at that I'm going to Prime them paint them and give you guys a big reveal [Music] all right guys like I promised here's a big reveal this is the beginner version I gave it a quick coat of paint just to give you an example what it might look like in your kitchen great option if you're okay with an unattractive backside of it it's a very DIY quick application took me around 35 minutes to build one door not a lot of gluing and drying very quick we have our intermediate side here where it it's a middle of Both Worlds got an attractive backside to it and a great looking front side very light door this takes a little bit more skill set a little more time a little bit over an hour all of these are within about five bucks of each other in terms of price and then we have our pro version here attractive backside an even better front facing cabin it actually is a lot quicker I got this done in about maybe 40 minutes but it has less skill set you need but you need a little bit more advanced tools like a router and router pit stuff like that I hope you guys found this helpful if 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