Comments on: Building Angled Cabinets https://sawdustgirl.com/building-angled-cabinets/ Renovation, cabinet building and woodworking plans and tutorials. Build like a Girl® Thu, 10 Jun 2021 11:24:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: Bryan Elder https://sawdustgirl.com/building-angled-cabinets/#comment-109307 Thu, 10 Jun 2021 11:24:57 +0000 http://sawdustgirl.com/?p=27002#comment-109307 In reply to Sandra.

Thanks so much for the reply! That makes sense and helps assure me it’s the right method for my project as well. Thanks again!

]]> By: Sandra https://sawdustgirl.com/building-angled-cabinets/#comment-109287 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 01:46:20 +0000 http://sawdustgirl.com/?p=27002#comment-109287 In reply to Bryan Elder.

I don’t think I am correctly visualizing the alternative way you are seeing cabinets built.
I build a cabinet, square it up, and attach the back. (The back being the piece that keeps the cabinet square.) Making sure the cabinets are square is especially important when adding drawers.
Walls and ceilings/wall joints are almost never square. So I build my cabinets square and then use shims during the installation process to place the square cabinets in the not-square space.

]]> By: Bryan Elder https://sawdustgirl.com/building-angled-cabinets/#comment-109276 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 18:21:09 +0000 http://sawdustgirl.com/?p=27002#comment-109276 Hi Sandra. I’m taking on a similar project, building out a custom closet for my wife in an angled-ceiling bonus room. I’ve learned a lot from your post and video that will help me but have one question. When researching around the internet for tutorials on how to build out closets, I’ve seen some folks that attach the back of the “box” straight to the wall, then attach the sides straight to the top and bottom. But here, you built the entire box (save the open face) and set it in place (attached with screws). Are there advantages to building the entire box as opposed to just attaching the panels piece by piece? Does this make it easier to get a good fit in the space where the existing walls may not be 100% square? Thanks!

]]> By: Sandra https://sawdustgirl.com/building-angled-cabinets/#comment-96820 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:38:27 +0000 http://sawdustgirl.com/?p=27002#comment-96820 In reply to Molly Brennan.

The cleats won’t keep the cabinets from racking which is why the backing is needed. Cabinets with no backs can be pushed out of square, even with the cleats in place.

]]> By: Molly Brennan https://sawdustgirl.com/building-angled-cabinets/#comment-96819 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 15:02:36 +0000 http://sawdustgirl.com/?p=27002#comment-96819 If you are building cabinets with drawers is it necessary to put the 1/4″ plywood on the top and back, or could I just use the cleats to keep the shape of the cabinet? Won’t the drawers cover it so you couldn’t see that part, anyway? Thanks!

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