Build Your Own Kitchen Cabinets

by Proulx, Danny

• ISBN13: 9781558704619
• ISBN10: 1558704612
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-01
• Publisher: Popular Woodworking Books

Summary

Superbly detailed, this step-by-step guide walks readers through the stages of planning, design, construction and installation. It makes it all possible, even with only a few basic tools. and its practical, one-foot-after-the-other approach anticipates the readers' questions and concerns every step of the way.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	6	(2)
CHAPTER ONE Designing and Building Your Own Kitchen Cabinets	8	(18)
CHAPTER TWO Tools	26	(15)
CHAPTER THREE Kitchen Cabinet Anatomy	41	(4)
CHAPTER FOUR Face Frame Cabinetry	45	(8)
CHAPTER FIVE Building Upper Cabinets	53	(11)
CHAPTER SIX Building Base Cabinets	64	(11)
CHAPTER SEVEN Pantry and Microwave Cabinets	75	(3)
CHAPTER EIGHT Special Cabinets and Accessories	78	(5)
CHAPTER NINE Making Cabinet Doors and Drawers	83	(10)
CHAPTER TEN Designing and Building Kitchen Islands	93	(3)
CHAPTER ELEVEN Customizing Your Kitchen	96	(2)
CHAPTER TWELVE Countertops	98	(4)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Traditional Frame-and-Panel Construction for Cabinets	102	(2)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Finishing Cabinets	104	(3)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN Creating Material Lists and Cutting Plans	107	(9)
CHAPTER SIXTEEN Shop Assembly Procedures	116	(6)
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Cabinet Installation	122	(8)
LIST OF SUPPLIERS	130	(3)
THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY	133	(1)
INDEX	134