Cabinet Door Frame Joints

Clearly this test shows that the mortise tenon joint is superior to other joints.

Cabinet door frame joints.

Wood joinery is one of the most basic concepts in woodworking if we didn t have the ability to join two pieces of wood together in a solid fashion all woodworking pieces would be sculptures carved out of a single piece of wood. The door for mike pekovich s wall cabinet quickly comes together as mike creates the frame with stub tenons and grooves at the tablesaw. For a mortise tenon joint the wood failed but not the joint. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible.

The trick to successful biscuit joinery is cutting the slots in. Face frames cover plywood edges. Biscuit joiners allow you to make solid precise joints accurate enough to build fine cabinets. Making outside corners on door and window trim and creating decorative frames.

Making the door frame. It took 4 733 lbs force nearly 2 1 2 tons to pull apart. But traditionally the strongest wood joint has been a mortise and tenon including both a blind tenon and a through tenon. These joints may be used to create frames for frame and panel doors for dust webs or drawer supports and even in basic furniture framing such as legs and rails for tables and chairs.

However with the many varied types of wood joinery a woodworker has a number of different joints in his arsenal from which to choose based on the project. In this three part episode mike builds a drawer for the cabinet taking you through his ever methodical methods for perfect half blind dovetails. For tight miter joints that fit snugly leaving no visible gaps use a miter saw a specialized. Frame and panel doors add class to any project but they don t have to add a lot of assembly time.

The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. You also have to hang them. Dado 559 lbs force screws did not help. Building shaker cabinet doors is only part of the story.

Biscuit miter joint 220 lbs force. From each end using the table saw. Using the straightforward process detailed here you can crank out great looking doors for many applications including furniture cabinets and built ins. Frames use 3 4 thick stock with 1 4 panels in various materials and veneers a general purpose saw blade will do the job although.

Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. To even up the ends of the door cut 1 16 in. Euro or cup hinges are the easiest most forgiving means of hanging your new cabinet doors.