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Face Framing kitchen cab's

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Face Framing kitchen cab's

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Face Framing kitchen cab's

Mike L

Howdy. I am the proud owner of a mobile home that had sat empty for awhile. I am in the destruction stage right now to figure out all that needs to be repaired. Most of the stuff is pretty simple. I want to keep the cost down on the repairs where I can. The goal is to make it safe, dry and rentable.

My question is the cabinets in the kitchen. I am about to take them all out and replace them with something way better. I noticed the sides where made of 1/2 in particle board along with the face frames made of 1/2 inch wood.

My plan is to make the case out of 3/4 inch paint grade hardwood plywood, the back and bottoms out of 1/2 inch hardwood plywood.

The face frames I was going to go with 3/4 inch popular. I took all the Euro hinges off the old doors and would like to reuse them. What would be the down fall of using 1/2 popular for the face frames?

The style of hinge I took off fits the width of the face frame.

I plan on French cleats to hold the uppers if that matters.

Thanks

Mike

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Re: Face Framing kitchen cab's

John Foster

Don't you hate autocorrect?

If you are going to use a European hinge designed for attaching to face frames and you have grandchildren like mine, I would worry about the screw holding capacity of the poplar after years of rough use. If the face frames are not too much wider than the cases, I have used full sized Euro hinges shimmed out to the width of the face frame, this allows fastening them to the side of the case.

The only time I have used French cleats is in my workshop, I see no reason why not to use them in your kitchen project.

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Bill Tindall, E.Tn.

What would be the down fall of using 1/2 popular for the face frames?.....trying to find it or trying to find the 6/4 poplar to resaw it from.

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howard gorman

1/2 " is too thin since it has to support the weight of the door and all of the motion of it being constantly opened and closed. Typical face frames are constructed out of 3/4. Poplar is fine for painting.

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