Custom Kitchen Cabinet - Short Project

I finished the cabinets for my daughter and installed them in her living room.  They looked pretty good but she is yet to paint them.

Just when I finished that project, a friend called to ask if I would make a custom kitchen cabinet for a lady that he was working with.

I agreed to take a look and he talked me into making the kitchen cabinet. It should only take me about a day and one half.

I made a drawing and submitted it to the client and she approved.

I purchased some 1/2 inch and 1/4 in birch plywood, also some poplar.  The cabinet is to be painted.

I roughed out the frame with the 1/2 inch plywood. I am using a couple of sticks of scrap to hold it together at this point.  The angles make it hard to clamp up to see how it will look.

Next I need to make the face frame which is common for many kitchen cabinets.  Often cabinet makers use biscuits to join the face frame pieces.  But since this is a large front I used regular mortise and tenon joints of 3/4 inch deep.  Here I am gluing up the face frame and keeping it flat.  Note the 45 degree angle cuts on the edges to fit between the walls.

Next to make the doors.  I use my router bits to put a regular cope and stick joint on the edges of the cabinet doors.  I use the 1/4 inch birch plywood for the door panels.  This matches what she has in the kitchen.

Now to glue up the doors.

Now that the face frame is dry, I attach it to the front of the cabinet with glue and nails from the back side. Again, many cabinet makers would use biscuits to attach the face frame but with the 45 degree angles it is not that easy.  I added a piece of  4 inch poplar for a kick plate on the bottom. Here the cabinet is upside down so I could work on it easier.

After the doors had dried I attached them using Blum hidden hinges. I drilled 35mm holes in the backs of the doors to attached these hinges.

All done here with soft close hinges.

Hope it fits.  Here is today's video: