Building Wall Cabinets

Face frames cover plywood edges.

Building wall cabinets.

The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. Whether you need new kitchen cabinets bathroom cabinets or more storage in your garage or basement the construction is the same. Begin with the right cabinet dimensions. Wall cabinets typically have one or more shelves not including the bottom of the cabinet and may or may not have doors.

Begin building the base of the cabinets on the ground by laying out two 8 foot 2x4 boards on the floor parallel to the wall. Homemade cabinet jacks of 2 by 4 s with shingle wedges can be used to temporarily hold the upper case up in position and help level and plumb it until you can get it fastened. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. Cut your 1 4 frame boards to size.

Use a higher grade pine it s worth the extra money to be able to work with straight knot. Upper cabinets are anchored to the wall with a nailer strip at the top and through the back into the studs as well as with screws through the back into the studs. The best material for building cabinets is plywood 3 4 inch plywood for the box sides top bottom and shelves and 1 4 inch plywood for the back panel. You can construct a wall cabinet by cutting the pieces to match your available space then carefully assembling them with a nail gun to make absolutely sure.

Of hanging storage for tools and supplies. Standard counter height is 36 with the cabinets usually being around 34 5 tall to allow room for the countertop material. Next cut four 32 inch 2x4 boards and place them perpendicular between the 8 foot pieces on each end and two in the middle image 1. Standard counter depth is 25 which the cabinets themselves being 24 to allow for a 1 countertop lip.

For upper or wall cabinets add 18 20 to the 36 counter height. Build this pegboard wall cabinet and you can turn 16 sq. Need more space for tools. Essentially you ll be building a plywood box called a carcass adding a solid wood face frame a couple of hanging cleats and finally some.

Building a basic wall cabinet is a great introduction to woodworking.