Eastern Red Cedar custom cabinets katy, TX

The next part of is building the rest of the kitchen custom cabinets off of the face frame. So I am going to start with the sides of the custom cabinets. On any side that is showing I use a raise panel. When it comes to the dimensions of the panels I leave 5 inches off each side except on the good or front side of the custom cabinets I only leave 4 1/2 inches from the panel on the front side because after I attached it there is extra room on the front side with makes it centered. The reason why I give it 4 and a half instead of 4 and a quarter is because a quarter if the length gets eaten up by the lip. In between the panels in  the center I leave 3 inches. I make the side 34 in high. After I have the panel made there is four things I have to do to the panel before I can attach it to the rail. First I have to cut the groove. So I cut a groove on the top and a groove on the back. The groove on the top hold my corner box for the top of my custom cabinets and it will fit right into those grooves the I have precut from the frame. The groove on the back side will attach to the back of my custom cabinets. On the bottom side of the front side I have to cut a tool kicks area. The tool kicks area is 3 1/2 inches high and 3 1/2 inches off the shoulder. I cut diagonal slice for the side panel at a 45 degree angle instead of a pocket hole. This is another technique that I use to make the custom cabinets more professional. When you join it up to the side it has an affect that makes the grain disappear. This incision is made with a tiler. If I need to I use a jig saw to clean up any extra debris. After completing those steps I take an air nail cleat and measure it out to fit on the inside of the side panel of my custom cabinets. This gives the floor of my custom cabinets something to rest on at a perfect 90 degree angle. I cut it short from each side to account for the rear wall of the custom cabinets. This allows for the floor to have a strong foundation. The front of my face frame will be tongue grooved to the bottom of my floor. I make sure that anytime I cut a lip that the good side is face down so that faces out because it connects on the inside. After I make the lip and the groove I glue the cleat from earlier to it before I attach the panel to the face frame. I line the cleat to the bottom of the the panel which is the bottom of the custom cabinets as well. I want to make sure that the cleat stays inside the groove so it can attach to the back of the custom cabinets. Then I take an air gun and secure it. Now I have my whole side prepared now I am ready to attach the side of the custom cabinets to the face frame. When I clamp and glue the panel to the face frame I have lift up 3 1/2 inches because of the tool kick on the bottom. Instead of lifting it is easier to just lift the whole face frame upside down. Which makes for a straighter edge. How attach it I put a little glue in the groove and a little bit of glue on the tongue. I make sure to get a lot of glue on the outside edge because that is where it is going to be sealing and showing. I do the same on the groove. Lock it into place so that I can place my clamps down. I prefer to use an extended clamp. The tongue and groove takes the place of any pocket holes most people use to attach a custom cabinets together. Plus it is a lot more accurate as well. I continue clamping my side panel. On the other side it is not showing so I can just use a piece of 3/4 inch plywood. We repeat the steps that we took on the other side except for any of the steps that included creating any of the design. The only difference is I go with the blade instead of against it. I have to be careful because, be advised, that the bored will start to take off because I am going with the blade. The reason I have to do this with plywood is it will chip really bad. The only other alternative to this is make your fence with your router shorter and then just go back over it but it can still chip that way. If I go with the blade I have make sure the bored stays secure in my hands. also I stand on the opposite side of the direction the bored is going because the debris is going to shoot that way. This is another technique that just makes it real professional. I make sure I put the tool kick on the other side for my foundation then I am ready to take my not yet designed panel and attach it to my face frame of my custom cabinet. I glue it just like the other side and clamp it and wait for it to dry. With this bathroom the wood comes custom for the entire remodel.

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