Are inset cabinet doors really that tough?
Is it really that tough to make and install an inset cabinet door? Granted, I’ve not yet done any inset cab doors, just overlay. Yet, I am puzzled by the detailed article in the current FWW (176) on how to install an inset cab door. It looks more like “How to fix a bad inset cab door situation”. The author starts out saying, “As with any door fitting, the process is easiest if the door and the opening are reasonably square and free of twist to start with.” That makes sense, even to me. He goes on to say, “I build the doors just a hair (no more than 1/32 in.) larger than the case opening.” Considering that he wants a finished 1/32″ gap all around, that means he builds a door 3/32″ too large and works down from there. For those of you w/o the mag, the 6-page article and photos show him using a TS sled to trim the bottom of a cab door at a very slight angle to fix for square w/ the opening, using shims to determine how much needs to be trimmed for size, and then trimming the other sides w
