I’m making some shaker-style cabinet doors for our kitchen. I’m planning on having them sit flush with the face. Currently, the doors are of an overlay type (they’ve been painted and painted some more and just aren’t looking so good).
But in looking in various publications, I don’t see many inset doors. I like the look of them, but is there a reason I don’t see more of them?
Thanks,
6milessouth
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The reason is that they are more difficult to fit to the case work. Each door needs to to be individually fitted to the cabinet opening since things are rarely square, even in the best work since the nature of wood is to shift. If the margins are not the same all the way around, it will show. Large margins, anything more than 1/16 or 3/32 for doors just doesn't look like quality work. The same is true for inset drawers. Once the door is planed to fit the opening, European hinges are great to tweak final adjustments. If your cabinets have face frames, you can still use the Euro hinges with the face frame adapter plates.
Doug
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