Woodhaven 786: Kurka Jig - Manual (Page 7)

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FACE FRAME CABINETS
Wing plate mounting hole locations are not used with face
frame cabinets because 35mm hinges designed for face frame
cabinets mount off of the inside edge of the face frame itself.
See
the Face Frame Chart for the correct door and drawer
openings and the layouts for face frame construction. There are no
charts provided for upper or utility cabinets with face frames as
you can only use the Kurka Jig on these cabinets for drilling the
shelf pin holes. However you can still use the Cabinet Heights
& Cabinet Widths Chart to determine the cabinet size.
There are two styles of cabinets shown in the Face Frame
Chart. The style on the left (FB’s) shows a 25mm (1") wide face
frame (note that the very bottom rail is 33mm wide) with the
drawer slide holes positioned for inset drawers. The style on the
right (F2B’s) shows a 38mm (1-1/2") wide face frame with the
drawer slide holes positioned for overlay drawers. However you
can use either face frame width (25mm or 38mm) with any drawer
position (inset, full overlay or 3/8" offset) you want, see below.
USING THE KURKA JIG ON FACE FRAME CABINETS
Always index the Kurka Jig against the top front of
the cabinet side, clamping them together to insure nothing
moves. Use the Right Kurka Jig on the right hand cabinet
sides and the Left Kurka Jig on the left hand cabinet sides.
Depending on whether your face frame cabinet will have
full overlay or inset doors & drawers, you will need to select
either the front or back jig indexing holes to index the Kurka Jig
correctly against the front edge of the cabinet sides. See fig. 6.
If your cabinet has full overlay drawers & doors, the
drawer boxes must install flush with the face of the face frame.
For this style use the back indexing holes in the Kurka Jig. This
moves the drawer slide holes forward 3/4" to accommodate the
thickness of the face frame. See Drawer Overlay Chart.
If your cabinet has inset drawers & doors, (which is more
difficult, but gives a good look) the drawer boxes must install
flush with the back of the face frame. For this style use the front
indexing holes in the Kurka Jig. This positions the drawer slide
holes so that when the drawer fronts are installed they will be flush
with the face of the face frame. See Drawer Overlay Chart.
If you are building cabinets with a 3/8" offset drawer
front (not very common anymore), you will need to use the
front stop holes and place a 3/8" spacer between the front
edge of the cabinet side and the indexing pins to achieve the
correct drawer slide location. See Drawer Overlay Chart.
DRAWER SLIDES ON FACE FRAME CABINETS
This jig is designed to accommodate face frames that are 3/4"
thick. When building face frame style cabinets it is necessary to space
the drawer slides away from the inside face of the cabinet sides in an
amount equal to the amount the face frame overhangs the inside face
of the cabinet. For example, if you’re building a cabinet with 3/4" thick
sides and a face frame that is 1-1/2" wide, the face frame will hang
over the inside face of the cabinet side 3/4", assuming that the face
frame is flush with the outside face of the cabinet. This requires the
drawer slide to be spaced 3/4" away from the inside face of the cabinet.
You can make your own spacer or buy commercially
made spacers from various hardware manufacturers.
If you make your own spacer strips, you can drill the first
two drawer glide mounting holes in the spacer strip all the way
through, corresponding with the drawer glide hole position on the
Face Frame Chart. Drill any remaining drawer glide holes in the
spacer strip while you’re at it, but they don’t need to go all the
way through. Insert a 5mm drill bit through the first two spacer
strip holes to align it with the 5mm hole drawer glide holes in the
cabinet side. Fasten the spacer strip to the cabinet side, mount
the drawer glides, assemble the box and attach the face frame.
DRAWER AND DOOR SIZES
If you’re making inset drawers & doors, take the opening
measurements provided and deduct 6mm from the opening height
for a 3mm margin (or whatever margin you prefer) on each side for
the finished drawer & door height. For overlay drawers & doors, add
the desired overlay amount to the opening measurements provided.
For a cabinet with a 25mm wide face frame,
all of the top and intermediate drawer box heights
are 3". The bottom drawer box height is 7".
For a cabinet with a 38mm wide face frame, all of the
top drawer box heights are 3". The intermediate drawer box
heights are 3-1/2". The bottom drawer box height is 5".
The drawer heights provided are based on hardware
requirements of a 3/4" gap between the top of the drawer box
and the underside of the rail. They may need to be adjusted to
suit your drawer slide manufacturers clearance requirements.
BOTTOM SHELF
Note that the position of the bottom shelf of the cabinet will vary
depending on the face frame width you are using and where you want
the shelf positioned in relation to it.
FACE FRAME CABINET SIZES & TOE KICKS
The dimensions given in the Cabinet Heights & Cabinet Widths
Chart in the Frameless section apply here as well. The dimensions in
the chart do not include a toe kick. These dimensions are for bases
with separate cabinet levelers and all uppers. If you prefer to make
your cabinets with a built-in toe kick, add 108mm (4-1/4") to the
cabinet height provided. For example, if you make a kitchen base
cabinet with separate levelers, you’ll cut the sides 786mm (30-1/4")
long. If you want a built-in toe kick, add 108mm to 768mm for a total
cabinet side height of 876mm (34-1/2"). Just make sure to cut the toe
kick 108mm up from the bottom.
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320 12-19/32 1280 50-13/32 228 9
384 15-1/8 1376 54-3/16 305 12
480 18-29/32 1440 56-11/16 381 15
544 21-7/16 1536 60-15/32 457 18
608 24 1600 63 534 21
672 26-7/16 1664 65-1/2 608 24
768 30-1/4 1760 69-9/32 686 27
832 32-3/4 1824 71-13/16 762 30
896 35-9/32 1920 75-19/32 838 33
992 39-1/16 1984 78-1/8 914 36
1056 41-9/16 2048 80-5/8 991 39
1152 45-11/32 2144 84-13/32 1067 42
1216 47-7/8 1143 45
1219 48
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