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08-23-2007, 11:41 PM
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#1 | | Face frame for Cabinets Name: John Jahr City: Hendersonville State: NC County: Henderson Join Date: May 2006 Age: 68  08-23-2007, 11:41 PM
I'm going to build cabinets for the garage and am going to paint them white. What type of wood would I use, for the face frame, that would be the most inexpensive.
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08-23-2007, 11:48 PM
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 39 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 7.00 over 180 days | Re: Face frame for Cabinets
Poplar, would be your best choice. Pine could also be used but you might have some paint adhesion issues if you have any knots or pitch pockets. If you decide to go with pine seal it with a shellac based primer or shellac itself before painting.
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08-23-2007, 11:51 PM
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Name: Lorraine City: Littleton State: NC County: Warren Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 61 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I used cherry for my kitchen cabinets but I don't see why you couldn't use pine or poplar. If you used pine I would suggest a wood conditioner. I have only used hardwood so I bow to the experts as to the best wood for your application. Lorraine | |
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08-23-2007, 11:59 PM
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Name: dwight City: Apex State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jan 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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John poplar would be a good choice it is easy to work and paints up nice and much more durable than pine. I use it most of the time. Dwight | |
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08-24-2007, 12:05 AM
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Name: Ed City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Apr 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I agree. Poplar would probably be your best choice, but for shop cabs, pine will work just fine as well. | |
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08-24-2007, 12:55 AM
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Name: Amy City: Chapel Hill State: NC County: Orange Join Date: Jul 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I would use poplar if I was going to use a hardwood. Another alternative is to use baltic birch plywood with coarse pocket hole screws and glue. As long as you fill any voids in the plys and sand it well, I think it would look fine. I made a couple of toyboxes out of that plywood, and it was so much easier and quicker than dimensioning solid wood. You can get a 4 x 8 sheet at BORG for around $28. I was amazed how good the last two sheets were that I bought.
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08-24-2007, 01:07 AM
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Name: John City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Sep 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I'd vote for poplar - it will give you nicer results than pine (no problems with pitch and few, if any, knots). With poplar you still need to use course threaded screws, fine thread screws will just strip with the least bit of over torque.
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08-24-2007, 07:52 AM
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Name: Ron City: Fuquay Varina State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jan 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.96 over 180 days | Re: Face frame for Cabinets
I'm building cabinets (Upper and lower) for a desk for a friend now that will be painted.
I went with poplar for the face frames and the frame of the raised panel doors.
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08-24-2007, 09:54 AM
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Name: rhett City: Frankfort State: KY County: Franklin Join Date: Oct 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Pine is an awfully soft wood to use for a face frame. If the cabinets will get much use, over time the hinge plates will loosen. There is extra trouble should you put a heavy door on them i.e.MDF. Poplar is a goto paint grade wood, but the best choice I believe is to use some #2 soft maple. It isn't much more than poplar and will take the abuse of a shop environment.
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08-24-2007, 11:19 AM
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Name: John Jahr City: Hendersonville State: NC County: Henderson Join Date: May 2006 Age: 68 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I want to thank you all for the quick replies. Your information from this site is great. I have just about completed my new shop and will be puting up the before and after pictures shortly. Also my first project, router table.
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08-24-2007, 04:21 PM
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Name: Mike City: Chapel Hill State: NC County: Durham Join Date: Jul 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.38 over 180 days | Re: Face frame for Cabinets
Why not out of Fir? It used to be used for doors and trim so it should be durable enough. Just saw some posted for $2, which is cheap enough. I'm thinking that might get me started on some cabinets.
Mike
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