Typical Cabinet Face Frame Dimensions

Typical vertical stiles for face frames are all 3 inches wide.

Typical cabinet face frame dimensions.

The illustrations below represent typical cabinet layouts for the number of openings. You may submit any layout with 1 to 8 openings not limited to the configurations shown below. Question in the past i have been building exclusively overlay face frame cabinets but lately i have been getting some inset door jobs. I do not use edge tape because i believe it is strictly cheap junk.

Typical horizontal rails are 1 4 inch wide at the bottom of the face frame with 2 inch wide rails between drawers and door openings. Individual face frame rails vary in width from the top of the cabinet to the bottom. I might use a 1 1 2 stile where the cabinet butts up to the wall then 3 4 stiles where i have a single vertical stile in the center of a cabinet and perhaps 1 or 1 1 4 rails. Submit a drawing with the following information to receive your quote.

All solid face frame edging 3 4 thick mortise tenon joinery even on the 3 4 wide face frames. Center or divider rails typically measure 2. The basic structure of shaker cabinets is no different than any other cabinet using hardwood face frames which is almost always 3 4 inch thick.