Building A Cabinet Carcass

Easy tutorial to build your own kitchen cabinet carcass with pocket holes.

Building a cabinet carcass.

Leg and rail frame and panel and box or case. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. If you are building frameless cabinets this will be the entire build. Tips for perfect cabinet boxes.

Add the face frame after they re all in place. Cabinet building has several variations which may be used in construction. That means you can use large sturdy screws. This style is referred to as frameless or european style cabinet.

Leg and rail construction is found on chairs tables benches stools and on some furniture such as chests. Plywood you don t have to hide the fasteners you used to build your boxes. While the lack of face frame does allow for the possibility of racking face coming out of square during installation it does allow for a more efficient use of cabinet space. Begin with the right cabinet dimensions.

Face frames cover plywood edges. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. Cap end cabinets to hide fasteners. The cabinet carcass is the plywood that makes up the box.

If you are building face frame cabinets you will build you face frame next then attach the two. Instead of creating such a monster build individual cabinet carcasses. Building the cabinet carcass. The carcass construction can be separated into three types.