wobblycogs
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I know that this is probably going to be an embaressingly stupid (set of) question(s) but I'm totally stumped on how I go about building and attaching a face frame to a framework I've already built. I'm going to use a real world example which will hopefully make it easier to explain where my confusion lies. So here's the frame / carcass that I've built. As you can see I've already fitted a solid oak top to it.
The side nearest will have two full height frame and panel doors the other side will be a fixed frame and panel.
The side panel seems like a pretty simple task. Just knock up a panel, scribe in on the wall side it necessary, fix to the frame and finally take a little off the nearest edge so it's flush with the front of the framework. The front frame has me stumped though.
I can't seem to get past the fact that the face frame that I make would have to exactly match the opening of the sub-frame or things wouldn't line up correctly. This, on it's own, might be possible to do but at the same time I'm going to have to scribe it into the wall on the left as it's not terribly vertical.
One solution would be to not worry about having the face frame opening line up with the sub-frame opening. The down side of this is that I would then need to pack out the subframe if I used kitchen cabinet hinges. Certainly a possibility but not one I'm keen on. I've got a lot of built in cabinets to make for this house so I'd like to minimize the amount of fiddly packing and resizing etc.
Presumably the face frame is attached by screws through the sub-frame into the back of the face frame?
As always thanks for any help and advice.
The side nearest will have two full height frame and panel doors the other side will be a fixed frame and panel.
The side panel seems like a pretty simple task. Just knock up a panel, scribe in on the wall side it necessary, fix to the frame and finally take a little off the nearest edge so it's flush with the front of the framework. The front frame has me stumped though.
I can't seem to get past the fact that the face frame that I make would have to exactly match the opening of the sub-frame or things wouldn't line up correctly. This, on it's own, might be possible to do but at the same time I'm going to have to scribe it into the wall on the left as it's not terribly vertical.
One solution would be to not worry about having the face frame opening line up with the sub-frame opening. The down side of this is that I would then need to pack out the subframe if I used kitchen cabinet hinges. Certainly a possibility but not one I'm keen on. I've got a lot of built in cabinets to make for this house so I'd like to minimize the amount of fiddly packing and resizing etc.
Presumably the face frame is attached by screws through the sub-frame into the back of the face frame?
As always thanks for any help and advice.