Plywood Sliding Cabinet Doors
Nothing more than simple framing covered with plywood.
Plywood sliding cabinet doors. 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. Birch plywood for the end and divider panels and 1 4 in. I wanted the entire cabinet carcass to be hidden and basically let the doors steal the show. 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.
Slab plywood doors slab plywood doors are real wood veneer over plywood with a banded edge. This video shows how to build cabinet doors using 3 4 cabinet grade plywood. For the doors i measured my cabinet box and cut the hickory panels smaller on in both. Birch plywood for the sliding doors.
A flat door panel will usually be made from 25 inch 6 mm plywood the same wood type as the rest of the cabinet. A banded edge door may have a rough seam that may show through the. 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. Now i did full overlay doors.
Cabinet door only hinges sold separately maximum width available for doors is 24 slab cabinet door slab flat door edge details. For a handsome natural wood look we used 3 4 in. X research source cut the door panel insert slightly less than the size you need to allow for wood expansion and contraction. 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.
That s why i chose a specialty plywood option and went with hickory. Installing the doors is exactly like installing sliding closet doors. I build a simple cabinet with sliding doors. Cutting up the wood doing the dowel based joinery and cutting th.
Cabinet sliding doors when it comes to custom products and solutions we have more options than ever. Don t let the size of this sliding cabinet doors diy project fool you. Video 1 of 2 shows step by step how i made it. Add doors drawers shelves to cabinets.
Shows how to router the edges of the door to give it a custom detail. Edge banding is of a matching wood species. The cabinet is just a basic box.