How to Build Kitchen Cabinets | START TO FINISH

Building kitchen cabinets can save you thousands. If you want to learn how to make cabinets, you're in the right place. It doesn't matter if you're super experienced in woodworking. If you want to know how to make kitchen cabinet carcasses, face frames, drawers, and shaker style doors, this is a one stop shop.

You can build kitchen cabinets with minimal tools, all it takes is a cheap table saw, a circular saw, a drill, and some hand tools. I use a router table to help me build the cabinets, but you don't need to use one if you don't want to.
Here's to you shooting your shot at making DIY kitchen cabinets

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
00:13 - Cutting Pieces
03:21 - Cabinet carcass
07:42 - Shelf pin holes
08:05 - Faceframes
09:58 - Drawers
11:00 - Shaker style doors
12:06 - Painting cabinets
13:14 - Installing cabinets
14:35 - Finished kitchen cabinets
15:04 - Cost breakdown
16:33 - Outro

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[ymfemptyb]

Please do not push Pieces that are smaller than 12cm( 4, 724 inches) with your hand through the tablesaw. That's how fingers start flying. My colleague lost 3 fingers doing exactly that. Other than that, you did a good job👍🏼

[phizz]

I like the video. You using your hands to push through the table saw gave me the chill.

[beehills]

Me watching this like I intend on building cabinets lol it was a good diy.

[Duci]

Im going to build an outdoor kitchen today. Wish me luck!

[csimet]

Came out nice. One step that will save a ton of extra work... before you assemble anything, always pre-sand (and prime/pre-finish) the interior surfaces. Doing so afterwards is not only hard to get at, but you have to hand sand into all the corners/edges and it never comes out as well.

I'm re-doing my existing 70s colonial golden oak kitchen... painting the carcasses and making all new doors, drawers and trim (shaker style). Saved a ton of money and work over buying all new.

[JasonLefevers]

One thing I like to do with cabinets is finish the insides with a clear polyurethane. It holds up much better than painting the insides and looks very professional in my opinion.

[stephaniedelgado]

I have been researching how to build my own cabinets for months with no luck finding an easy DIY that wasn’t intimidating, , , I recently had an accident and it took me 2-3 months to recover, just enough time to reconsider the project and I find THIS GEM on YOUTUBE ❤I appreciate you sir!! Thank you for giving this first time DIYer hope 🙌🏽

[Beu]

One of the best vids I have ever seen on kitchen cabinets - Excellent!

[rds]

4:44 Cutting the back for the cabinet is basic math. Take the outside dimension of the width of the cabinet, subtract the thickness of each side panel. This will leave you with an inside dimension. Add the depth of the dados (each side), then subtract a sixteenth to allow for some wiggle room. When I build anything, I always do the math first, then each part is written on a materials list. Sometimes I will double check my math, depending on how difficult the project is.

[randomassclown]

When I make my lower cabs I make a separate toe kick base for easy leveling and use strips of poly between the base and body to prevent water from weeping into cabs from the inevitable flood that ALWAYS happens in a rental.

[doodnauthlall]

I just love the simplicity of the craftsmanship and the way it all came out …..great job

[Wilem]

I got Home depot to cut all my stuff from my cut list. Just oversized everything by a 1/2" and cleaned them up at home on the table saw. No, issues, no cost, no truck rental to bring it home.

[kimr]

Ditto on the hands across the table saw. You can make push sticks with a few small scraps. When you hang your cabinets it will be infinitely easier if you use a ledger board to balance your wall cabinets on that will also make sure they are all exactly the same height.

[sgindy]

I clicked like and subscribe! This has to be one of the best how to videos I’ve ever watched. 👍

[markjames]

It is nice to have 3/4 inch cabinet sides for the shelf pins. The thinner sides on the cabinets we have mean that the shelf pin holes are not really deep enough to hold the pins securely. With 3/4 ply you can drill deeper holes than the default for the Kreg jig and the pins seat much better.

[solomon]

Absolutely gorgeous cabinets! Great video! Hopefully I will be able to make my cabinets look that awesome!

[BillHoo]

Funny and clearly, thanks for sharing. I advise to you think about our full automatic soft shaped edge banding machines.

[JM-hkek]

Very nice! I just fast forwarded to the end and the result is awesome

[alphak]

lol thought this would have been a vid for amateurs 😂😂😂😂

[alexteixeira]

Great video, you barely got any quality tools but they came out nice, my favorite part is using glue everywhere that gonna be a strong cabinet