Cabinet Face Frame Jig

The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups.

Cabinet face frame jig.

With a simple jig making a pocket screw joint is simple. If staining your piece you want to match your face frame wood as closely as possible to your carcass lumber. Here s how to dress up your next cabinet project with a pocket screwed face frame. When it comes to assembling face frames for cabinets there s nothing faster than pocket hole joints each joint takes about 90 seconds apiece using a store bought jig.

Begin with the right cabinet dimensions. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. Frame and door components are aligned securely clamped bored for pocket holes and screwed together in one operation. Joint and plane stock for your face frame parts so the stiles and rails will be flat and square.

Fast accurate face frame assembly fast face frame assembly is great. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. Face frames cover plywood edges. For nearly 85 years general tools has grown to become the recognized industry leader for specialty hand tools and instruments.

The face framing table has four clamping cylinders that can be precisely adjusted applying great pressure to the joint line on almost any size of frame. Fast and accurate assembly that virtually eliminates sanding is even better. Traditional face frame joinery on a cabinet is made using mortise and tenon joints. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible.

The table itself stands at a 30 degree angle so it uses less floor space than a flat table. Drill a pair of stopped holes and drive two self tapping screws to lock the joint. A face frame does a better job of this if it overlaps the box edges a bit. The all new professional face frame jig from general tools and instruments allows you to create a professional production setup in just minutes for fast precise fabrication and assembly of cabinet face frames and doors.

On the outside edge. I generally always build my face frames out of 1 2 poplar when painting. The 8561 face frame jig system x1 makes it possible to assemble clamp drill and fasten professional quality face frames and cabinet doors using one simple setup. Making the face frame run past all the plywood edges provides a little wiggle room and hides not so perfect saw cuts on the plywood.

Pocket hole screws give the frame all the strength it needs and then some.