10 Tips For Building Cabinets

These tips will for sure help you speed up your production in the shop. Some of these are super basic and some of them have a little bit more juice to them!

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[MrEasummers]

John, Good tips...I also find that if you build your kick separate from you base cabinets that you can then Level & secure the kicks first. Then set your base cabs on top of the kicks & everything is level. You will also find that any Out of level problems across the room are much easier to fix when your cab boxes are not in the mix. And building a 31" tall box with a 4" Kick is faster.

[Mike-In-O-Town]

Free Tip # 11 - Buy prefinished plywood (I usually opt for finished on one side). Put the pre-finished side to the interior of the cabinet boxes and you don't have to screw with finishing the interiors. Big time and headache saver. Only caveat is the interior will always be a light natural color, which is good by me as I prefer the interiors to be lighter than the exteriors of the boxes.

Oh and always consider only installing drawers in your lower cabinets instead of traditional doors. Full extension drawers are more convenient to dig pots and pans out of than opening the door in a lower cabinet and digging around in the back of that cabinet in the dark.

[antonenberg]

Solid tips😉 Can you maybe do a episode on ”diy tools”. Like build a tablesaw from a circular saw, a routertable from a handheld router and stuff like that. Would be supercool to see😃👍🏻

[ryanchaffee]

Great tips! I like to pre-build my toe kicks then you can level them out then set my cabinets on top of it. Instead of having to shim or scribe each cabinet. But there's a thousand different ways to do it just find one that works well for you.

[MCsCreations]

Fantastic tips, John! Thanks a lot! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[masontejera]

This was a lotta fun to watch - great to see so much energy in cabinet making!

[calebanderson]

Hey John,

I think it would be super awesome if you to do a video in depth explaining how to use certain tools that you have around the shop, like the domino joiner, biscuit joiner, the planer, etc.

[reloadNshoot]

I am just a diy’r and build for myself. My tip is I found out that I can cut most carcus parts on my cnc router. Cutting the stretchers and side panels with perfect fitting dados, rabbits etc. Since all parts are exact the cabs go together quickly and need very little squaring if any. I don’t need a tape measure much lol

[HowIDoThingsDIY]

Good tips! I haven't tried cabinets yet but I'll use some of these when I do.

[jordanshumway]

i dont understand anything john said in this video but he is so entertaining i watched the whole video anyway.

[johnbolton]

Hi John and team, John here 1st timer subscriber 22/04/22 from North East coast UK, ( Sunderland ) , at 64 im in my last years of my small business installing kitchens and bathrooms . Im considering now following you on YouTube a few days ago, to start live edge table making and selling them on, to earn a little income once I've decided to ease off my business and pass it onto my Son. Love the few videos I've viewed now ....FAB and very informative. Do you have any links to materials in my local area ???? polite regards J oh and keep up the excellent videos.

[tobysmith]

Could you do a back to basics series, I want to get into woodworking Just to help in the future, but I just need help on where to start, idk what a biscuit is lol

[masonjones]

Really cool idea for you! Build an amazing set of cornhole boards!! Fun game to play, plus it would be awesome to see what you could come up with!!

[nathanielhintz]

I don't even need to build new cabinets but I have really enjoyed this channel so here I am.

[charlesholland]

Good stuff. I already plane my rails, stiles, and basically everything on edge. Bondo rocks!

[michaelmuth]

Do u have a video of how you use biscuits for ur edge banding?

[jasonlewis]

Nice tips! Just in time as I’m going to go pick up materials for cabinets for 2 bathrooms! Time to get squirrelly

[woodworksbygrampies]

Super cool video, lots of good info in a short amount of time! With the little one in the picture, the value of time has a whole new meaning :) Stay safe, all the best to you, your fam, Sam, and YES - Jordan. haha

[rds]

It should be noted that if you are using Bondo, you should only use this if you're painting the cabinets.

[RunningCordoroy]

Can you please do a video on drawer construction and installation?