Building Corner Base Cabinets

I made two for drawers and a center cabinet for shelves and doors.

Building corner base cabinets.

It s surprisingly easy to build base cabinets. Building the base and drawer boxes caption id attachment 18492 align aligncenter width 350 set the bottom into grooves in the sides passing it under the back and into the groove in the front secure them in place before clamping. Start by building the individual cabinets. Once your cabinets are installed finish off the base front with a strip of 1 4 in.

The base is a simple edge frame assemble it with biscuits topped by two 4 wide cleats. Base kitchen cabinet with ball bearing drawer glides in satin white view the hampton cabinets collection 217 00. These are made with 3 4 19mm plywood joined together with glue and pocket screws. Hampton bay hampton assembled 36x34 5x24 in.

The corner cabinet is designed for standard 36 x 36 corner with 34 1 2 height and works with existing cabinet plans with full overlay face frames. Plywood that matches the cabinets. Most factory built cabinets have a recessed toe kick that s typically about 4 in. Use a table saw to cut plywood strips for your face frame cabinets.

The backs are 1 4 6mm plywood. Start off by building your cabinet s base from four 2 4 boards then proceed to install dividers. Build a separate base it s important to use dead straight wood for bases so it ll be flat for setting the cabinets. Well worth a week of brain teasing muscle making work for this sawdust girl.

Just make as many boxes as you like and hook them together. Once i d made sure everything was working beautifully and sized correctly i put on my faceframe and secured the adjoining cabinet in place. At 24 deep standard base cabinets allow you to bend over and reach in to retrieve anything at the back. And now almost every single inch of space is usable in my blind corner cabinet.

With the plywood cut to size your cabinet should take an hour and two to assemble.