Product Description
***PLEASE NOTE: If ordering the Shaker Door to match a previous order, check if you have a 1/4″ or 3/8″ inset on the front. The new standard inset is 1/4″***
Our shaker cabinet drawer fronts feature the simplicity inspired by the now legendary woodworkers of the Shaker community. This drawer front style is not just budget-friendly but is also versatile enough to fit many styles and tastes.
The shaker cabinet door features a 1/4″ thick center panel that is inset 1/4″ from the face. The frame is solid hardwood tenon joinery.
These drawer fronts are available in the following Wood Species: Paint Grade Maple, Select White Maple, Select Red Oak, Quarter Sawn Red Oak, Rift Sawn White Oak, Select Cherry, Select Walnut, Clear Alder, Rustic Alder, or Select Hickory.
Pre-finishing is available as a Satin Conversion Varnish topcoat or a White Conversion Varnish primer, ready for paint.
These cabinet drawer fronts are available with 5 different frame widths: 2.25”, 2.5”, 2.625”, 2.75”, and 3”. The top and bottom rail can be adjusted to accommodate shorter heights.
Tenon Door and Drawer Front Construction
The Cabinet Door Store manufactures its wood tenon style cabinet doors without the use of any metal pins. All solid panels are installed with rubber spacers to allow for expansion or contraction in different environmental situations. All plywood panels are glued in on all four sides as plywood is structurally stable and this prevents any possible vibration problems in the future with the plywood panel.
Tenon Door and Drawer Front Thickness
All tenon doors are 0.8” (20mm) thick.
Grain Direction
Cabinet doors have a vertical grain by default. Drawer Fronts have a horizontal grain by default (as of 1/18/2022; NOTE: product photos show vertical grain; this is available by request). Grain direction is not applicable for doors and drawer fronts with Paint Grade Maple w/ HDF Center Panels.
Center Rails & Stiles on Tenon Doors and Drawer Fronts
Defaults:
- Cabinet doors over 48” in height will have a horizontal center rail inserted
- Cabinet doors over 24” in width will have a vertical center stile inserted.
- Cabinet doors over 48” in width will have 2 vertical center stiles inserted.
- Drawer Fronts under 48″ in width WILL NOT have a vertical center stile.
- Drawer Fronts OVER 48″ in width WILL have a vertical center stile.
All center stiles and rails will be centered to create even-sized panels. Tenon Doors and Fronts over 24″ W or 48″ H without recommended midrail/stile are possible to order but ARE NOT covered by our 1 year warranty.
***Use Custom Notes to Request Changes to Defaults***
Tolerance
The Cabinet Door Store warrants that it’s wood cabinet doors have a size tolerance of +/- 1mm.
Warping is always a factor with wood cabinet doors. The Cabinet Door Store warrants that any door or drawer front under 24”x48” will have an allowance of 1/8” for warpage. Doors or drawer fronts between the sizes of 24”x48” and 24”x72” will have an allowance of ¼” for warpage. Any doors or drawer fronts wider than 24” or higher than 72” will not be warranted for warpage.
Note: This applies to doors and drawer fronts with one vertical grain panel.
Inset Doors and Drawer Fronts
When ordering tenon cabinet doors for an inset application, we recommend ordering your doors slightly oversized with the “I” outside edge profile. This way you can size the front specifically for your opening. Because of the properties inherent in wood and the achievable tolerances, we do not guarantee fronts to fit an inset application properly.
Quality Standards For Every Tenon Door
Every Door is:
- assembled in an automated clamp to ensure squareness.
- squared again and edged to your desired profile on a CNC automated double ender.
- thickness sanded with 100, 150 and 180 grit sandpaper front and back.
- machine orbital sanded front and back.
- hand orbital sanded front for select and premium grades.
- profile sanded on the raised panel and outside edges.
- run through a denibber sander.
- individually inspected for quality and ensure all cross grain scratches have been removed.
Minimum Size Calculation
For Solid Panel Tenon Doors & Drawer Fronts – (Stile / Rail Width x 2) + (Panel Profile Reveal x 2) + 1/2”.
For Plywood Panel Tenon Doors & Drawer Fronts – (Stile / Rail Width x 2) + 1”
I have purchased doors and drawer fronts three times in the past four years as I work my way through kitchen and bathroom refresh/remodel projects in our house. The doors and drawer fronts are spot-on dimensionally. I have purchased them both as primed-only and finish painted, and they are excellent.