Typical Cabinet Face Frame Dimensions

Individual face frame rails vary in width from the top of the cabinet to the bottom.

Typical cabinet face frame dimensions.

The bottom rail is almost always 1 1 4 to 1 1 2 inches in width. 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. The illustrations below represent typical cabinet layouts for the number of openings.

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. All solid face frame edging 3 4 thick mortise tenon joinery even on the 3 4 wide face frames. For the overlay doors i have been making all perimeter rails and stiles 1 3 4 inches and all middle stile and rails at 2 1 4 inches so i end up with 1 1 4 inch of all of the stiles and rails exposed with my 1 2 inch overlay doors.

Center or divider rails typically measure 2. Typical vertical stiles for face frames are all 3 inches wide. 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.