Cutting Cabinet Doors Shorter

This one only took me an hour ish to do.

Cutting cabinet doors shorter.

If you ve just installed carpeting your doors will probably rub and bind which means that you have to trim off the bottoms. Although these doors were made using a rail and stile cutter set you can use the same technique for doors made with tenons domino fasteners or even shudder biscuits. Each side of the hollow door is glued to a wooden frame. The boards that make up the frame are about 1 1 8 thick.

However since the door is painted a tight seam and some wood filler would make the seam disappear. So it just took cutting a few inches out of the middle to make this door work. Sometimes this frame is made out of a product called mdf which stands for medium density fiberboard. Trimming a wood door with a circular saw without splintering the wood or damaging the finish is a challenge.

How to cut the bottom of a hollow interior door without damaging it. This means if you cut more than 1 1 8 off the bottom of the door then you have cut the bottom frame of the door completely off. Changes in cabinet dimensions can be done with a table saw. Remove the cabinet doors with a screw gun and then mark the location of the cuts you need to make on the cabinet frame under the counter top and or between cabinets.

Cabinet installers shorten cabinets all the time to accommodate changing situations. This method wouldn t be as easy if the door wasn t painted as it would be difficult to hide the seam. The best way to cut off a door bottom. Once your wood filler is dry sand the cabinet down and prime and paint using this tutorial.

Then we just had all the little finishing projects to do like caulking and extending the backsplash. Here s the method of door cutting that works best for us. The doors are often used for. The process of shortening cabinets typically involves cutting out a section and cutting down doors to fit the shortened cabinet.

The microwave cabinet door was easier since i was reusing the door that originally went on that once taller cabinet. We also cut the previous tall door in half to fit on the top cabinet. Hollow interior doors consist of a solid wooden frame covered with a wood or composite veneer. Cut a strip of material out of the middle of the door then glue it back together.