Making Sliding Cupboard Doors

Most cabinet manufacturers now include roll out shelves in their base cabinets.

Making sliding cupboard doors.

Choose which door to make. Other than the visual appeal cabinet doors don t serve any function besides keeping some dust out of the cabinet. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. In this video i demonstrated how to make tracks for a sliding wooden door and a technique to modify your saw blade.

In addition it will enhance the quality and beauty of the overall piece. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy. But if you don t have this convenience this project will one up those shelves. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in.

Buying a new sliding cabinet door can be very expensive. A wooden sliding door is an attractive feature to add to a cabinet project. Feel free to ask me any questions and com. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing.

The wooden track will make the entire project more cohesive. Cabinet doors can make or break the look of your kitchen or bathroom cabinets and the longevity of the cabinets. Since i m finally investing some real thought time and energy into revamping my shop i finally built some sliding cabinet doors for my workshop. The secret lies in the workmanship and quality of materials used to make cabinet doors.

So they haven t been a high priority on my mile long to do list. The hardware consists of two heavy duty bottom mounted slides and one center mounted top slide that together can support 130 lbs. Here we ll show you how to make an entire roll out pantry. For larger cabinets that are in the garage act as a display case or have some other function a sliding cabinet door will help make them more convenient to open.

This month steve johnson starts a new project in the down to earth workshop. Instead of using a plastic or metal door track you can make your own wooden sliding cabinet door track.