Making Sliding Cupboard Doors

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.

Making sliding cupboard doors.

Things you ll need tape measure 1 by 2 inch board 96 inches long miter saw router table straight router bit 1 8 inch wider than thickness of cabinet door sanding pad fine grit wood finish paintbrush paste wax cloth rag. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy.

This cabinet with sliding doors is made out of mdf and the dimensions are 140cm lenght 40cm width and 80cm hight. Attach the plywood sheet to the back of the door. Eek i have been swooning over all the sliding doors i have seen and have wanted to incorporate one in our home but we just never had the right spot to have one. Flip the door so that the newly attached plywood side faces down.

I used mdf because i didn t want the cost t. Take the height of the door you want and add 1 8 in. In this video i demonstrated how to make a sliding door faceplate. Frame the sliding cabinet doors cut some 1 4 plywood into strips most of the strips are 2 1 2 cut some additional strips at 5 for the top rails.

Place the plywood on top of the frame apply wood glue and secure it with screws once it s aligned. Begin assembly of the door. This is another thing that probably didn t really matter but i sized my one of the cabinet doors 1 wider than the other. Sliding cabinet doors with inset track and glides the doors are bypass so either one can be closed on either side of the cabinet.

Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. Figuring the length of the rails is more complicated. Apply glue with a brush to the inside of the stile where the rail meets it and insert the. Apply wood glue on all top surfaces of the pieces of both your inner and outer frames.

For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel. Cut the door panel insert slightly less than the size you need to allow for wood expansion and contraction. A great feature to have on a cabinet is a sliding cabinet door. A proper sliding door in our home.

Make sure you check out my demonstration on a technique i used to make the sliding rails.