Face Frame Cabinetry

Face frame stiles can be tightened aligned pre drilled and fastened while the clamp is in place.

Face frame cabinetry.

Walzcraft offers door only and door drawer front face frame components for inside and outside corner configurations. This allows the screws to anchor more deeply into the attachment points of the adjacent cabinet. A face frame does a better job of this if it overlaps the box edges a bit. It works on stiles 1 1 2 in.

Transitional areas of cabinetry such as corner cabinets lazy susan applications typically use 90 inside and outside corner face frame configurations. They feature a frame around the face of the cabinet similar to a picture frame or you can imagine a front panel with a space cut out of it. Partial and full overlay as well as inset cabinet doors can be used with framed cabinets giving you many design possibilities for creating a customized look for your cabinetry. The bessey cabinetry clamp is designed to combine the multiple steps of face frame cabinet installation into one easy process.

The hinges on framed cabinets are installed on the frame and the cabinet door sits on the outside of the face frame. There are two types of face frame cabinet styles. Thanks to their adjustability european style hinges make mounting doors as easy as assembling them. Framed cabinets are the more traditional style of american built cabinets.

Framed cabinets are attached to each other through the width of the face frame. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. Also frameless base cabinets are usually mounted on top of a separate plinth or toe kick. American style face frame cabinets typically have large gaps between the doors and show the wood face frame all the way around the door.

A face frame cabinet has a 1 by 2 frame that rims the cabinet s front edges masking the construction and strengthening the box. On the outside edge. Framed cabinets can accommodate a longer screw length usually 2 1 2 due to the width of the face frame and the solid wood material. There is the american style face frame where the doors lap on top of the face frame and a flush inset style where the doors fit perfectly inside the frame.

Face frame cabinets have integral bases. Begin by drilling 1 3 8 holes 1 2 deep with a forstner bit below. European style hinges require 35mm holes but a 1 3 8 bit is close enough. And up to 1 1 2 in.

Making the face frame run past all the plywood edges provides a little wiggle room and hides not so perfect saw cuts on the plywood.