Plywood Sliding Cabinet Doors

Now i did full overlay doors.

Plywood sliding cabinet doors.

Video 1 of 2 shows step by step how i made it. Birch plywood for the sliding doors. Cutting up the wood doing the dowel based joinery and cutting th. The cabinet is just a basic box.

This video shows how to build cabinet doors using 3 4 cabinet grade plywood. Add doors drawers shelves to cabinets. Slab plywood doors slab plywood doors are real wood veneer over plywood with a banded edge. I build a simple cabinet with sliding doors.

There is a joist right above the front edge of these upper cabinets so i butted a 2 4 up right against the front of the cabinets and drove 3 screws in at an angle in order to secure it to the joist. You only need inexpensive hollow core doors and sliding door hardware. I didn t want my doors rubbing against my cabinet faceframes so i attached a strip of 1 4 plywood at the top and bottom rails. Birch plywood for the end and divider panels and 1 4 in.

Cabinet door only hinges sold separately maximum width available for doors is 24 slab cabinet door slab flat door edge details. Installing the doors is exactly like installing sliding closet doors. Excellent quality hardwood sliding door tracks. From cut to size door and drawer fronts from rehau and pannellis to cabinet components from rincomatic we have a solution for a every design style and budget.

Nothing more than simple framing covered with plywood. A flat door panel will usually be made from 25 inch 6 mm plywood the same wood type as the rest of the cabinet. X research source cut the door panel insert slightly less than the size you need to allow for wood expansion and contraction. Don t let the size of this sliding cabinet doors diy project fool you.

A banded edge door may have a rough seam that may show through the. That s why i chose a specialty plywood option and went with hickory. You can reduce the cost by using mdf medium density fiberboard for painted cabinets or even construction grade plywood for down and dirty utility cabinets. I wanted the entire cabinet carcass to be hidden and basically let the doors steal the show.

Even though i have chosen to not have any doors on the cabinet i purchased these tracks for i tested the sliding feature of these tracks in a mock up using 1 4inch paneling as a door and found them smooth as any track i have ever encountered they are easy to install and require no lubrication. For the doors i measured my cabinet box and cut the hickory panels smaller on in both. Edge banding is of a matching wood species.