How to Determine Cabinet Door Size | Cabinet Door Series Part 1
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- čas přidán 1. 08. 2024
- Hey friends, let's kick off a cabinet door building series! In this video, I'll be sharing some simple tips to determine your door size for any cabinet or furniture project.
In the next video of the series, I'll be sharing 7 ways to build a cabinet door, so be sure to stay tuned! After that, we will dive deeper into choosing, installing, and adjusting hinges PLUS some tips on simply replacing your hinges in existing doors.
Let me know what questions you have in the comments and I'll try to answer them in the next parts of the series!
For more information and additional tips, examples, and diagrams on sizing cabinet doors, see: www.woodshopdiaries.com/how-t...
Videos for projects shown here:
Frameless shop cabinets: • How to Build Basic Cab...
Display cabinet: • How to Build a Glass D...
If you're interested in building cabinets, printable plans for base cabinets (both frameless and face frame) can be found here: woodshop-diaries.myshopify.co...
And printable plans for wall cabinets (both frameless and face frame) can be found here: woodshop-diaries.myshopify.co...
I also put together a drawer building series similar to this. Check out the Drawer Building Series here: • Drawer Building Series
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*CHAPTERS*
00:00 Introduction
00:19 Styles of Doors & Cabinets
01:15 Finding Single Cabinet Door Width
02:15 Notes About Overlay on Face Frame vs Frameless
03:30 Finding Double Door Widths
03:54 Finding Basic Cabinet Door Height
04:29 Cabinet Door Height Examples
06:45 Do Overlays Have to Match On All Sides?
07:48 A Few Notes About Choosing Hinges
09:14 Conclusion - Jak na to + styl
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This is absolutely the best explanation of the different types of cabinet doors that I’ve ever heard! Your professional overview is really helpful. You are definitely the best at your step-by-step style of building! Thanks Shara and have a nice weekend!
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it. So often I put things together and have no idea if it makes things more clear or more complicated 🙈 I appreciate you and hope you have a wonderful weekend as well! 🙌😎
Couldn’t have come at a better time, I’m getting ready to build cabinets for a camper van. All will be frameless, full overlay. One cabinet will have 2 drawers and 2 top opening cabs, with the drawers on bottom. I’ll be referencing your videos for sure ! Thanks for more great content.
That sounds like such a fun project! I’m glad this can help you with it 🙌 happy building! 🔨
I am glad you are breaking it down into series, I learn so much more when things are done in steps. Thank you Ms. Shara
I’m really excited about this series. I did a drawer building series last year and I’ve been meaning to do one for doors ever since. Hope you enjoy the next ones too. Thanks so much for watching and have a great weekend!
Very thorough and informative. And Shara is gorgeous!
Wow. That’s a lot of information. It seems overwhelming. But right now I’m building frameless cabinets. So when I just thought of that… it made total sense. This is going to be a great resource as I build different doors. Thanks for sharing.
It is a lot of info at once…totally get it! I hope breaking it down makes it easy to reference for different situations later as needed. Good luck with your build! 🙌🔨
This video is right on time Shara! I'm starting my cabinet making journey this weekend. Wish me luck!
Awesome! Good luck with your cabinets 🙌 Happy building!
Really excited for this series. Thanks for breaking down the process. I was always curious about how to figure out door size and mounting hardware.
I can’t wait to share the rest of the series! I hope you find it helpful as we go! Thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful weekend!
This was very specific, informative and helpful. I like how you explained this and gave visuals to go along with the explanations.
So happy to hear you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful weekend!
Thanks so much! I’m building a bar in the basement and this could not have come at a better time. Have not seen anyone explain measuring doors and hinge types as well as you. Looking forward to the rest of the series!
So happy you found it helpful! Good luck with your build 🙌 🔨 that sounds like a fun project!
I didn't expect to see Shara sign us up for Cabinet Doors 101. I'm totally down for expanding my knowledge and trying new things. 👍
Haha class is in session! 🤓 just kidding! I tried teaching (electrical circuits at a local community college) once and it didn’t work out very well 😅 but I do hope this is helpful and I am actually really excited to share the next part to show several different ways to make a door with various tools (depending on what you have and/or like to use). Thanks so much for watching and I hope you have a wonderful weekend! 😎
@@WoodshopDiaries have an amazing weekend as well!
Tons of great info and details; I look forward to this series. I recently built some shop cabinets by following what I learned from your videos.
Thank you! I can’t wait to share the rest of the series!
holly molly u are the best and the only one showing and explaining how it is done for those of us who are newbies and have not experience building cabinets...u save me...i am planng to build my kitchen cabinets and i never have done that...love it!!!
You’re so kind! I’m so glad you enjoyed the video. I’m really excited to share this whole series. Building cabinets is a fun project and a great learning experience! If you haven’t seen them already, I just posted videos on building cabinets you might enjoy. Happy building and have a great weekend!
Hi , yes i watched all your videos and learning from u....so this new series is a welcome addition to those videos. thank you again for sharing knowledge with us.@@WoodshopDiaries
Great explanation Shara, this is a great learning channel.
So happy you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for watching!
Nice breakdown. Thus is why I like your channel. You are so helpful
Thank you! I can’t wait to share the next part of the series. Truly hope it continues to be helpful. Have a wonderful weekend!
This was a lot of very good information! Thanks for sharing all of these combinations of door size options.
This is a really good tutorial. Thanks for posting and thumbs up.
Lots of good information and well explained
Thank you so much! Have a great weekend!
This is unbelievable helpful. Thank you for the clear and simple explanation an amateur hobbyist like me can understand
So happy you found it helpful! I can’t wait to share the next parts of the series 🙌 have a wonderful weekend and thanks so much for watching!
In my old business, we would have called this "putting the cookies on the lower shelf!" What a well-articulated treatment of the topic. Well done and looking forward to more. Hey Bubs!
Haha thank you! I’ve never heard that expression before. I’m glad it was helpful. I really can’t wait to share the next part! Thanks so much for watching and Bubs says hey back at ya! 😊
Couldn't come at a better time. I am hoping to make new full overlay double doors on three connected cabinets that have face frames of different side widths. Really hoping your tutorials guide me along particularly choosing hinges.
I hope this helps! Having different size face frames can make things a little tricky but I think thinking it though and making a quick sketch can help tremendously (at least it does for me!). Good luck with your build! 🙌 For some guidance on selecting hinges, this post breaks it down: www.woodshopdiaries.com/how-to-determine-cabinet-door-size/
Woo! Hoo! I just got my answer for what size hinges that I need for my face frame overlay! Thank you!
This video was so concise and as always thorough. Great explanations. Love your videos!!!
So productive and informative with pictures and numbers, thanks!!
Thank you! I hope it’s helpful! Have a wonderful weekend!
Some really cool information. Thank you for sharing.
Hope it’s helpful! Thanks so much for watching!
Great Information and reference!! Thank You!! ❤
Hi! I hope it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching and I hope you have a great week!
Thanks for the lesson, Shara! 😊
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Hope it was helpful! Thanks for watching and have a great weekend! 🙌
This is super helpful! Currently trying to figure out how to make new doors for my existing cabinets. Determining what style the cabinets are is going to be more difficult than I thought.
Great series! Thank you!
Can’t wait to share the next part! Thanks so much for watching!
Wow, lots of information. Glad you provided a link to a page where you documented all of this. Great video.
Thank you so much! Once the series is finished, I’ll put it all together in a printable guide from start to finish 🙌
@@WoodshopDiaries I would pay for that.
Great video 🙌
Nice instructions! You covered everything that you need to know on cabinet doors.
Thank you! I hope it was helpful! 🙌 I appreciate you watching and hope you have a great weekend!
Excellent information! Thank you for taking the time to do this video.
Thank you! I hope it’s helpful 😊 have a wonderful weekend!
Great video Shara can’t wait to see the next video in the series. Thanks for sharing
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it and I really appreciate you watching! Have a great week!
Great tutorial Shara! It will be so helpful to refer back to this video whenever I want to build more cabinets. Even Bubby seemed to be trying to absorb all the information! 😂
I hope this whole series is a helpful resource 😊 I can’t wait to share the next part. Bubs was definitely interested in everything I had to say 🤣 he kept sitting on my script I had laying on the workbench ha! He’s a mess but I enjoy his company. Thank you so much for watching and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Thank you so much, you are the best.
I hope it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching and have a great weekend!
Well done. This will go in my Teaching/reminder section of videos.
I hope it’s helpful for you! Thanks so much for watching!
Good advice.....
I hope this video is helpful!
❤great information ❤
Thank you! Hope it helps! Have a great weekend 😎
Awesome video Shara !!👍💯
There is a lot to unpack here :).
I do remember you showing us the difference of hanging doors on cabinets with and without frames.
Can't wait to see the next video :).😊
Thanks for sharing !!😀
Thanks so much! There is definitely a lot of information to fit in here 😅 I’m hoping things get a little more fun in the next video when I show several ways to make the doors. I’m pretty excited to share. I appreciate you watching and hope you have a great weekend!
@@WoodshopDiaries Yes, I will have to watch this one again LOL.😅
Can't wait to see your next video.😀
You too...!
Just FYI, the fact that you need 1/4" reveal on the hinge side of the door doesn't mean you need 1/4" reveal on the non-hinge side. I just built new doors for my kitchen cabinets and where 2 doors come together (2 non-hinge sides of the door) I just left a 1/8" gap between them (I made each door half the dimension of the middle divider minus 1/16") because that's the look I like. I also do this when I'm building things like sideboards. It works fine, no rubbing!
Thank you ❤
Thank you for watching! Hope it helps!
@@WoodshopDiaries it does! I always watch your videos, you are so talented!
Awesome video as always Shara! Very informative and easy to digest. Even Bubby approved of at least the first half of the video lol.
Thank you! Haha Bubby kept hopping onto the workbench to sit on my script while I was filming 🤣 he’s a mess!
@@WoodshopDiaries he was making sure it didn't blow away lol
Yay!! Getting ready to build kitchen cabinets. May be about 16 cabinets or so. Question? Are frameless cabinets as structurally sound as frames cabinets?
Awesome! Cabinets are a great project! The face frame doesn’t really add any extra “strength” to the cabinet. It can help hold the box square (but so does the back panel) and for really wide cabinets, it MIGHT add a little extra support to the countertop, but face frame pieces are so thin anyway, whatever it added wouldn’t really be much support if any at all. I personally prefer frameless cabinets and use them for most of my cabinet projects.
@@WoodshopDiaries Thank you for your reply and help!!!
Another question? Do you have any plans available for a corner cabinet build and a farmhouse sink cabinet?
Thanks for this! Hopefully you'll have drawer size next :)
Hi! I have a complete drawer building series here: Drawer Building Series
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Oh nice! Thanks so much. It will be my first time building so thanks!
Any chance you have plans to make a corner cabinet or shelf of some sort?
I'd really like to build a corner floating wall unit or two, but I don't know where to start!
I love all your videos, this one is amazingly helpful.
I'm going to use your guide for full overlay frameless double doors.
You said to find door width as if for a single door, subtract ⅛" for gap between doors and divide in two. My question is that ⅛" gap should be subtracted or the kerf of the blade would take care of that? I hope my question makes sense. 😊😊😊
Thanks
Hi! So glad you found it helpful! I’m not sure if I fully understand your question. You’d find it as if for a single door, subtract the 1/8” gap needed between them, then divide by two. That’s the width you’d need to make each door.
@WoodshopDiaries I can't believe you found time to answer me ❤️, yeey.
Ok, let's say my double doors will be 36"W, minus ¼ (⅛ for each side) = 35¾", subtract ⅛"=35 ¹⁰/¹⁶".
Now, the blade of the table saw has ⅛" kerf, and that brings the total width at 35 ¹⁰/¹⁶"
Is that right?
I'm horrible with inches and feet, and I absolutely hate it, I miss metric system. 😔
Wow ..... there's a lot to take in. I hope you don't mind watching this video several times ...... very educational but as I said ..... a lot to take in ...... plus ..... I have to re-arange al the measurement (as a Dutchman) to metric. Would be so fine when you guys (or in your case girl) switched from imperial to metrics (I guess there's a long way to go).
But ....... imperial doesn't stand in my way to watch your projects, which I love to see.
Btw. It's ok when you give the cat some attention while recording your video's 🙂
I know there are a lot of numbers thrown out there all at once. It's a lot to take in, but hopefully as it's applied to some projects, it'll sink in a little easier and not feel so overwhelming. Sorry about the inches! I don't make the rules here...I just follow them haha! I don't know why we never made the switch over to metric. But, I appreciate you watching despite the imperial units!
Thanks for following along and I hope you have a wonderful week!
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Have you ever made Skinny Shaker doors? That's my goal on my next project, but haven't seen any good videos.
I’m not sure if I know what you mean by skinny shaker doors??
@@WoodshopDiaries by the way, very much enjoy your approach. Quality work without over complicating. Definitely approachable for those of us just trying to create for ourselves.
Shara, an excellent video with excellent detail. We're in the midst of a snowstorm right now which leaves plenty of time to watch this a couple of more times before workshop gets warmed up. I've never used those "Hidden" (I guess that's the right word.) hinges before so I'm getting ready to pursue that using the Kreg jig. This is a great time for this series as I'm sure many of us are wrapping our heads around project for the upcoming year. Best regards to the critters. Hope you have a great weekend. Thanks for Sharing!
Thank you! I have to admit I’m a little jealous you’re getting snow! I’ve waited all winter hoping for one good snowstorm but it’s looking like spring is already here and the snow passed us by. Enjoy a little of that snow there for me!
I feel like you’ll love concealed hinges once you give them a go. I was hesitant to try them at first but once I did, it’s hard to go back to anything else. The adjustment options make getting everything lined up so easy.
Hopefully the rest of the series is helpful and I truly appreciate you watching. Bubs and Lou say hello! Have a wonderful weekend and stay warm!
As i'm german and have to "translate" inch to metric whilst watching, i'll have to wacht 3-4 more Times to be able to follw 😂
Haha sorry about that! 🙈😅
@@WoodshopDiaries not your fault 😘
Dear Shara, I love your videos. But cannot help myself wandering what's the name of this ginger fluffy fella coming in and out of the camera? :)
That’s Bubby! He’s my best bud 😆 he shows up in a lot of my videos…sometimes in the background and sometimes close up haha. Keep an eye out for him if you watch other videos of mine 😉
When does the one about hinges come out?
I don’t have an exact date yet but I’ll have more videos out on this soon. If you’re looking for information specifically about choosing hinges, I have a guide here: www.woodshopdiaries.com/how-to-choose-cabinet-door-hinges/
@@WoodshopDiaries thanks! Big fan of
I just finished building my cabinet boxes, but here is the conundrum one of my cabinets is a blind corner. My cabinets are frameless.
Is the problem that you want the door to open from the corner but there’s nothing to mount the hinge to?
@@WoodshopDiaries basically
When I built my sisters kitchen cabinets I made a blind cabinet like that and if I remember right, I think I mounted some scrap just inside the cabinet to mount the hinges too. I believe I ran a 3/4” plywood strip from top to bottom for that. Another option is to add a piece of 1x to the front, then you could use inset face frame hinges and mount the door to that 1x piece. But that may interfere with the cabinet next to it.
@@WoodshopDiaries half the front is 3/4” birch plywood. I’m tempted to use 1/4 overlay decorative wrapped hinges on all my cabinets.
@@WoodshopDiaries I just found Blum has hinges specifically for blind corner cabinets
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I think you just simplified things. There’s only 4 basic types of concealed hinges. I like your educational series as much as your builds.
I know hinges can be tricky but it’s really pretty easy to figure out which you need once you realize you just have to answer a few questions: inset or overlay? Frameless or face frame? Hopefully this helps and I can’t wait to dive into it again more in future videos 🙌
Y como se llama el gatito🐈😸
His name is Bubby! He’s a great companion in the workshop haha