How to Build Cabinets in under 30mins //The Easy Way 

A friendly reminder: I noticed when you were cutting the strips you were not using a push stick. I just amputated the tip of my index finger 1 month ago on my table saw. I was using a push stick but got distracted somehow (it all happened so fast). I have been using power tools and table saw for many years without incident. Everyone, please be safe and use all safety equipment recommended for your tools so you can keep all of your fingers. :)

I have designed and built homes for decades; but now I'm an old guy and build cabinets.... much like your demonstration.

I like the way you explained everything. I’ve never built a cabinet before and it doesn’t seem so daunting after watching this vid. Thank you ☺️

I am new to woodworking and have watched numerous videos on building cabinets. This one by far is the most helpful. The detailed commentary and mention of dimensions and tools is extremely useful. After watching I now feel more comfortable trying to build one on my own! Subscribed!

Excellent presentation, I am getting ready to build two kitchen cabinet set for two different homes, one I am living in and one I am inheriting and moving grandchildren into. I really like the way you "over build". My grandfather on my mother's side of the family was a master builder and I hope to pass on my skills to my grandchildren, too. You earned a like and sub with this one!

Well done video. Woodworking is more satisfying than 98.335% of anything else on YT. I just became a fan!

Love pocket holes. I have had a Kreg jig ever since I saw it at a show in Grand Rapids Michigan back in 1975 or 6. I still have the first one and it is made completely of aluminum with the steel hole inserts. it has only the 2 holes in it. Kreg makes awsome tools... Never made enough cabinets to get the machine.. Boy, I have a dead blow hammer in the shop, just can't find it right now!!! I'm so glad you talked about using glue. I have mentioned glue to some folks and have been told that I was nuts and to mind my own business. Screws are the clamps and the glue is the bond..... Sooooooo true!!!!!!!!!!!

As a retired contractor and cabinet maker you are spot on!!! By the way NICE shop most would kill to have it!👍

Dude. Appreciate your contribution, and I’m sad to see some of the “constructive” (I.e. snooty and entitled) criticism. I’m reminded of William Ng’s experience after he shared the 5 cuts to a perfectly square CrossCut fence. He got so much bad-faith feedback after that video that he went dormant for months, but it’s clever and elegant and a great contribution to the free-education-loving masses who consume it. Keep being you, and keep it coming!

One of the very best shop videos I have seen! Best cabinet build of all times. Great job, thanks!

Very good video about building a cabinet carcass. Cant wait for the follow up videos. For a first timer, its a lot I mean a LOT to absorb about the measurements and how to come to them. I see after building MANY cabinets, its second nature.

Just found you channel, I grew up around wood working with my father, you do excellent work and reminds me of what the always told me about quality and time .... "If you don't have time and money to do it twice, then over do it the first time or don't do it at all" .......... think that works in all of my projects, and being an engineer .......... keep up the good work

Great video. Love the way you presented everything. Lots of excellent info. And I really love the humor. Thank you for reaffirming what I already knew, and showing me some new things

I look at this series all the time. I appreciate the teachings. Thank you for the gems🙏🏾

I like your use of the stretchers for strength to the cabinets, allowing a thinner back. This makes them lighter especially uppers! Thanks

This was great to watch. Seeing your shop, I sure wish I could get this set-up for my hubby. He has done great with the most minimal of tools but would be like a kid in a candy store with a shop like yours. Thanks for sharing your talent with us. It looks GREAT!

Just found your channel and I typically read a few comments before I subscribe to a channel, I read some of these (3) after watching the video and coming from a construction family back ground and working in a cabinet shop in my younger years I liked what you do and how you go about doing it, so I subscribed to your channel, don't worry if people compare you to somebody else (especially if they are talented craftsmen) just goes to show your talent and craftsmanship to your trade, keep up the good work and just think there's people out there comparing other people to you and that's a compliment you can't buy anywhere,,, 2 👍👍

It was a little flimsier than I expected. I had to add a 2x2 piece of wood to the bottom on the rear side in order to stabilize it better ru-vid.comUgkxXTh-lz-8W6GcB219vTLp27-MxbZYObBX . It is also starting to bow a little at the outer wall ( I've had it up for about 6 months), I've already had a shelf tumble down because of the bow and the fact that the little shelf brackets are quite short. I went out to home depot and got some longer ones so that the shelves don't tumble down again. Overall, it looks very nice for the price and it holds a lot ( I use it as a pantry). I am very satisfied with my purchase. I just strongly suggest reinforcing it before putting it up.

I’m making a kitchen island. I’m glad I found your videos, because you’re making the cabinets the way I had in mind, and the videos answer the questions I was trying to resolve. Thanks for your videos!

This was hands down the simplest, no-nonsense breakdown video on cabinet building I have ever seen. Subscribed!

Great work man been looking for this guide.. You humour makes it easy to learn and remember too .. Will be sure to follow through to the end..

Friend owned a cabinet shop and found that building the whole box out of 3/4 inch plywood - the back and a full top as well - saved a ton of labor. Countertop guys liked it as well as it was a lot more support and glue surface for their slabs.

I love your humor! I truly enjoy your videos, and you don’t skip steps! Thank you!

Like a lot of your viewers, I am also new at woodworking. I have watched many other videos on woodworking, but I enjoy watching your step by step process on building these cabinets. I learned a lot about the different tool, now I feel comfortable taking on my project. Thanks for sharing, it was very educational and entertaining as well. I subscribed right away and cant wait to see the next steps for building the rest of the cabinet.

Dont stop what your doing! This was by far the most instructive and easy to follow video I have seen. Just subscribed and look forward to more videos like this! Keep up the great work. (btw I dont comment on videos...great job!)

I went to Red Rocks woodworking school in Littleton, CO and became a certified cabinet maker. It was the best experience. Now, one thing we were taught was that you do not make toe kicks on cabinets. Those are actually installed separately and first. It allows for easy leveling. When the base is leveled and accounts for any wall slumping or defects, then you put the cabinets in place and screw or nail the cabinets onto the base. The base is 4" narrower and 4" in height, so that you have toe kicks still. The base also has interior supports(looks like sideways bookcase shelves). Anyway, the entire method reduces a huge wase of materials and speeds up production. I hope that helps in your work. Enjoy!😁👍

I am an old novice builder I enjoyed your video and it gave me some great info on my upcoming build here in Mexico! Great job!

Love your shop. This is about how I build mine. Pocket holes are a godsend. Good video!

Got my sub. Nice simplistic way of carcass building. Being an old guy with a bad back I have lately clamped in the stretchers and match measured corner to corner of the sides to make sure my stretcher cuts were actually 90's . I find pocket screws are great but when they snug up they will pull in what you've cut for an angle, right or wrong. Ya I'll look over your shoulder for the next vid. Thanks.

Very nicely done. I put myself through college making furniture and kitchen cabinets. As part of that, I ran a small custom cabinet shop. Our cabinets were very similar to the ones shown in this video. Allow me to point out just a couple of differences. Not because ours were superior to these, but to just show another option. First, instead of making a dado to accept the cabinet back, we used a rabbet along the top and back edge of the cabinet. The rabbet was sized to accept the stretchers at the top of the cabinet and sized to accept the stretcher and the back on the back of the cabinet. Second, we didn't use screws. The cabinets were assembled with glue and 16d finish nails (shot out of a nail gun). Then, the back of the cabinet was used to make sure everything was square before it was stapled into place. The final step (before the face frame) was to attach the back nailer. It was glued and nailed to the sides and the top stretcher. Is this method as good using screws, as shown in the video? Maybe not. But, they went together quickly and required a sledge hammer to take apart. As I said, this is just another option. What I line about it is the rabbets provide a lot of mechanical support for the stretchers. Also, even with the extra table saw set up for the rabbets, I suspect my method is faster. If I started Monday morning, I'd have a complete set of upper and lower cabinets ready for face frames by lunch on Tuesday. Wednesday, I'd make the doors and drawers and the complete kitchen would be out of the spray booth by Thursday afternoon. Friday, the installer would pick up the cabinets and I'd review my cut list and make sure I had everything needed for the cabinets I'd start on Monday. It was a good way to put myself through school. Now, I just make things for fun.

Do you know how rare it is to see people having fun at woodworking AND making content of it? :D So great! Exactly my kind of sarcasm!

I needed a refresher on building a cabinet and this was perfect. Also saw some new tools I need to buy instead of groceries.

I’m a new follower but I’ve watched a bunch of your content so far, and I just wanted to say keep up the great work! I like the fact you’re very thorough, explain thing’s clearly and well your shop 💯

Well done. Very clear video and cabinet looks solid

Incredible instructions. 🎉very simple box and strong.

Excellent tutorial on how to build cabinets. Nice to see someone who - super sexy table saw aside - doesn't break out the megabuck Domino and a whole slew of machines to build a simple, mostly hidden kitchen cabinet! Thanks for sharing!

Subbed just because of the phone call and stayed to see how you build your cabinets. I do mine exactly the same except I cut the toe kicks out before I do the dado. I also don't use as many pocket holes since I am a two-guy shop (me and our son) and we do single kitchen remodels and custom cabinets locally. I am not a professional woodworker and got into it as a hobby that turned into a business. We do put our toe-kicks at 4 inches x 4 inches and often put in a drawer in that space that you can open with a toe. Generally, those can be used for large baking sheets and such. Great video.

Subbed - I'm new to carpentry & happy to find a channel with a new creater. I don't normally like chattie How-to vids, but I really feel like this is so informative that it's easy to listen to. Really helps reinforce all the new terminology (eg Dado.) & lucky me, I've never heard of Mr Moth sooo no issues with any content "similarities"

Just came across your channel. I'm in Grifton and have been taking a break from my woodworking while we moved from New Bern. I'm in the process of building/changing a metal building from a storage barn into a woodshop so I can get back into it. I usually do patriotic themed art like carved, wooden flags, etc. But I'm building out some shop carts for planers, jointers and sanders and this style of cabinet making is gonna work perfectly! Funny thing is, I just told my wife that I was thinking about starting to build cabinets and furniture to fund building our 43 acre farm. Good to know it's possible to go full time! Thanks for the inspiration!

This is amazing work. Also that Kreg Foreman has to be one of the coolest tools I've seen in a while. Didn't know it existed, but now I know what I'm asking from my wife for Christmas.

Very good video. Entertaining and informative! 👏👏👏

I like the way you walk us through it. Makes the build that much easier. "BUT", looking at what your workshop has for "Tools", Ya I could build anything. Enough said, you enlighten me on a number of things that I took for granted. One of which is accurate measurment (Size) really matters! :) ... Never the less I have built cabinets (not to this extream & learned from my mystakes) but I am more keyed on restoring antique furniture, desks, china cabinets Ect. I have an antique cabinet that I have been working on for well over 5 years. It is 95% complete but because of the wood that was used to craft it I am finding it "VERY" expensive and difficulty to finish. Without going into detail, the unit is over 120 years old, crafted with "African Black Cherry" that is impposible to find. Turns out it is a protected tree as of this date and finding materials (when I do) from scrap is way beyond my budget. I need a back plate and found online a scrap piece that the seller was wanting over $1500 dollars. Not happening, Lol. Anyway this chest was submerged in 8ft of water for almost 8 months because of the blizzard of 78. And it was a mess to say the least. Not withstanding, but not "IF" but "When", this is finished I'll hang up my tools and sip on a shot of Pappy Van Winkle and say "Job Well Done". She's my pride and joy! Again thank you for your video, you have given me some great ideas for future projects and I look forward to more of your vids. Thx Again, avb ..... Sorry about the length of this post, as you can gather I am very passionate with this cabinet! :)

Hey I've got give a shoutout to the FACT this Dude is in his Right Mind! & as one of my favorite Teeshirts says I may be left handed But I'm always Right.

Very detailed and for sure better to overbuild to assure sturdy and firm cabinet. Nice job! - just need those tools at my disposal.

Good to meet a millionaire that can afford plywood. New Sub. Like your style!

Looks like you're pretty good at this carpentry thing. Nice video.

I am an avid woodworker, and I'm also located in Greenville NC. So awesome to see some locals on youtube getting their brand out there and giving out great content!!

I didn't know your channel until now and I subscribed to it right after the first watching. You're absolutely right: if your machines are set up correctly everything you cut will be square. For example in the industry I don't think they have a guy who constantly checks for squareness. Another point I agree with: I too would rather overbuild something than underbuild it and finally end up into trouble.

Your build techniques are solid and your presentation is informative and entertaining. I noticed from reading a good number of your comments that you have a lot of beginners watching and learning from you. You would be doing them a great service by setting a good example and wearing eye protection. I hope you'll consider this for future videos.

I hate table saws, rather use a circular saw. Plus I like all my fingers thank you very much. Those shots of him getting close to the blade were scary 😱

Thanks Mr. cabinet maker ,you're experienced good teacher ❤❤

Great video. I like the way you explained every detail for us newbies. Thanks!!

When you can do all that with a circular saw, tape measure and drill, you've accomplished something 😉 😎

Enjoyed the video. You break it down and explain it in easy to understand terms. Really like the shot of what the cuts should look like!! Do you offer any plans for past projects? Subscribing now!

Thank you for the instruction. Building cabinets like these tomorrow. Keep up the good work!

Thank you sir, this is exactly what I needed. Much appreciated!!

My wife wants to meet yours... She said she wants to start a group or something??? 😆 🤣 😂

Good video and description, I always like watching for different tips and techniques to improve building cabinets. I did notice you used an impact drill for the pocket screws, unless you're good at using finesse with the trigger, I find a standard drill with the appropriate torque setting eliminates the risk of sending the screw too far into the wood.

Thank you, felt like part of the family with your goofiness. Great instruction that makes a daunting project doable(possibly not a real word).

Really nice job building the box - video is concise and to the point. Your methodology is perfect for building a square box. From a production standpoint to save time I do not install the bottom rear stretcher as it is not need, but I do install one on wall cabinets. I have gone to using pre-finished maple plywood for my boxes which allows me to assemble in this manner as I do not have to spray the boxes and then install the back.

Hey, thank you for the upload! I am new to cabinetry building and I wanted to ask if by chance you had a cut list or supply list so anyone can follow along and build the same cabinet with you as you go through each step.

Great content, I'm curious ,on the back of the cabinet with it all being flush, what do you do if the wall isn't level. Shouldn't you leave 1/4 inch in case you need a scribe line while installing. Thanks for the video and Humor makes the build seem more approachable from a DIY'er view Thanks again.

Thanks. I have to build a 24" x 24" x 84" cabinet for the kitchen with sliding shelves. This helps in my design and build. Good video.

Good channel, I take it you're a fan of Bourbon Moth

Or you could use 1/2" backs which are only marginally more expensive than 1/4" and much more rigid and staple/screw them to the back of the cabinet (you could dado them if you want but it doesn't really add anymore ridigity) which also helps square up the cabinet. And you don't need the time consuming kreg jig stretchers on the backs. We also make our kicks separate which makes installing way easier. To each his own. Cheers

you are the best teacher, thanks for what you do ,appreciated

Great job on making the video, great job on making a perfect cabinet, very strong as well. Great at what you do because anyone with a shop set-up like yours has to be good at what they do, or else you wouldn't be able to afford it. And haters are going to hate. It's what they do.

I have pocket holes. My coins keep falling out when I walk.

Please, please,OH please, do not turn into a bourbon moth clone!

I know I'll never be that skilled but...I watched your cabinet video a couple times and learned enough so that I'm not afraid to try. I'll keep a copy on my table for reference. Thank you!!!

Awesome video. Saved myself some money watching this video!

You need to ease up on the Bourbon [Moth].

Looks like you're just getting started in RU-vid so in case you haven't noticed, your style is too similar to another youtuber's style. Might wanna change it up. I know I might catch hell about my comment but it's called constructive criticism. (By the way. The shop and build are nice though.)

What wonderful presentation. Your shop is really a beauty. That cabinet is gorgeous.

I love your cabinet design! I will be building cabinets for my transit bus-to-RV conversion, and have looked for a way to make them sturdy enough to withstand potholes and poor road conditions. Thank you for the video!! BTW I was an occupational nurse who cared for people that used their fingers to push thin strips through the table saw. Their body parts were typically too mangled for surgeons to reattach. All craftsmen have their opinions on how to safely cut thin strips. Just be mindful.

Probably the best video on face frames iv seen well done sir. An your personality is awesome , nice square lol

Loving your humorous narrative...can't wait to see more videos from you!

Thank you!! I just came across your video. It's a fantastic combo of technical skill & entertainment. Your intro drew me in and I continued watching while enjoying a coffee this morning. I found myself subscribing & HECK! I don't even have the tools or plans to build cabinets. However I learned a lot and you just might convince me to tackle a project. You'll be my go to if I do! Keep up the great work.

Your work is second to none outstanding work God continue to bless you groceries first then things you don't need.😊

Man, I'm jealous! you have lots of nice wood working and carpentry equipment. I am just starting out so I will have to make a set of cabinets old school. Thanks for the tutorial! I enjoyed it.

Thank you very much for that. That was a beautiful job to build that cabinet. Thank you for the tips. Amazing.

Thank you for the informative presentation. You are an effective teacher. I noticed that your clear step-by-step presentation is complemented by some attentive replies to your viewers' questions--as, for example, the one on the use of dowels as an alternative to dados. Please know that we--your students--very much appreciate your replies to our questions. With this particular presentation and the insights offered in the comments, I am much more confident as I approach my second cabinet build. Keep up the good work!

1.6M VIEWS! I'd say thta cabinet paid for itself. Thank you for the help understanding where to provide structure and the process. Sure it's a basic level, but I'm very thankful.

Great video thanks for this 👍 got to make some cabinets for my shed soon.

yay this is my first time here and seeing all your machines and tools really amazes me I WANT THAT TOO !

wasnt boring and actualy learned alot glad I watched now to subscribe

One hell of a workshop you have there my friend ,

Bro you just make this doable for me now. Nice work

Just that opening line...LOL, I subscribed instantly!!! Nice, neat shop... Envy overload here. You literally have EVER tool, what a dream. I need cabinets in my office to organize my crafts etc. Depth can't exceed 15.5", so best would be 14.5". We will see if i can get my husband to help.

Great job! Loved your video, very education on buildings a cabinet! Thank you.

Lovely work! Thank you for sharing!

after the safety lecture , very good video on this topic, best one ive seen to date.

Hey thanks and nice job I really enjoyed watching you build that cabinet I am in a position where i get alot of cabinets carcass's either fro a liquidator or in the lowes/home depot dumpster lol (true story ) many if not all need a little attensiona all the way to a full rebuild As you can imagine one thing these super store use is very cheap carcasses with more expensive better quality wood fronts I also much appreciated the stretcher boards That is just what the doctor ordered on repairing and beefing up these cheaper made made cabinets Thanks again

Thank you for sharing with us. You did make it look very easy. Buying tools is good for guys 👍

Great video man. I have made a couple cabinets in a very similar way. Only tip I got is make a template for the toe kicks out out 1/4” plexiglass and do it with a 1/4” router bit. It’s clean and fast. Keep up the good work man

Hi, A really enjoyable and interesting example of how to make a solid cabinet carcass. On that note I hit like and subscribed so keep up the fine tutorials. Love the clean and efficient use of workshop space it just makes working easier. Take care.

wish I could add pictures, built my first cabinet carcass this weekend following this video, custom 28 wide by 28 deep by 36 for my wife's laser engraver. THANK YOU so much!!!

I really hope this channel blows up. Excellent content.

Great DIY box build. I square up the plywood first. Also, instead of pocket holes, I staple -screw sides to bottom / no dado or pilots. Finally, three spreaders, / staple -screwed no dado or pilots. ~Blessings~

Thank you. Good video and good woodworking. Go easy on yourself!