Building Wall Cabinets

The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible.

Building wall cabinets.

Of hanging storage for tools and supplies. 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. Wall cabinets typically have one or more shelves not including the bottom of the cabinet and may or may not have doors. Need more space for tools.

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. 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. This is a comprehensive video that gets into great detail on what is required to make kitchen cabinets including different styles of cabinet face frame and. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation.

Begin with the right cabinet dimensions. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. Face frames cover plywood edges. 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.

Building a basic wall cabinet is a great introduction to woodworking. 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. Build this pegboard wall cabinet and you can turn 16 sq. Standard counter height is 36 with the cabinets usually being around 34 5 tall to allow room for the countertop material.

Cut your 1 4 frame boards to size. Of wall space into almost 48 sq. 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. 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.

For upper or wall cabinets add 18 20 to the 36 counter height.