Assembly Instructions for Inset Cabinets - Directions

1) When unboxing take great care not to scratch the finish. Assembly and installation is the most likely time to damage the finish.

2) Set finished (painted) pieces to side in safe spot. Work on one cabinet at a time.

Face Frame and Cabinet Door

All grooves cut into plywood panels face the cabinet interior.
Bottom (and top if applicable) of cabinet and toe kick plate (base cabinets).Drawer box, bottom and hardware.

Insert all cam screw pieces into preset bases.
It may be best to install all cam screws before starting any assembly.

5) Put one side and back together. Insert screw into receiver hole, insert cam with tiny arrow pointing towards screw and turn till hand tight with tiny arrow pointing away from the screw when cam rotates 180 degrees. Hand tight is a good connection.

6) Put on second side.

7) Insert cabinet bottom and top.  Stand cabinet on its bottom.

8) Install Face frame and tighten cam screws.

If your cabinet does not have a drawer go to step 12.

9) Identify drawer parts, sides, glides and boots.
Drawer boots ( go onto back wall of cabinet) can be installed now. Sliding part of plastic boot is bottom side.

Apply glue liberally to dovetails. Tap together to form a u shape (3 sides). Slide drawer bottom into u shape of drawer. Affix fourth side. Clean up any excess glue. Apply catch drawer mechanism to bottom front of drawer box with multiple screws. Make sure to install flat.

10) Installation of drawer glides... Identify left and right metal drawer glide. Insert metal glide into boot at back of cabinet at sliding receiver. Screw front of glide to be flush with middle of face frame. (Face frame is comprised of two pieces of wood.) Glide connects to inner piece of wood.

Drawer height adjusts with Orange turn screws on the underside of each drawer.  Use this wheel to adjust elevation to make gaps equal on completion. Gently lift the drawer and turn the screw to adjust height.

Slide glide out if cabinet. Place drawer onto glide. You will see a receiver hole at back of drawer that hooks into glide. Hold glide on one side and slide drawer towards back of cabinet without glide moving. Drawer catch will click when secure. Repeat glide / catch connection for second side. 

(A few cabinets for not have the soft close glide. Spice rack, trash pull out)

11) For pull out trash can and spice rack it will require using two equal height guides to install the glides. Use a 2x4 or other thick material to place under the glides. 

Place the the rear "boot" onto the glide. Hold the glide with boot attached on each side of the assembled cabinet. Place the 2x4 (12-20" long) onto the interior bottom. With the boot at the backwall you will attach the boot then the front of the glide to the side of the interior face frame. 

Measure the height of the installed glide from the interior bottom. Subtract 5/8" from this measurement. Measure up on the shelf pullout to find attachment height. Remove part of glide to attach ro side of shelf. 

Install into cabinet. 

It may be necessary to adjust glide height on side to get correct receal around door.

 Lazy Susan spinning plate installation- attach the bottom printing plate to a 6" board (not supplied). Attach the lazy Susan tray to the bottom spinning plate. Install assembly into bottom shelf of cabinet.

Upper shelf is attached to middle support assembly (3 pieces supplied with 2 cleats). Attach cleat to back and side. Slide assembly over cleat.

12) Install cabinet toe kick (base cabinets).

13) Install hinges onto door. Single door cabinets can open left or right. Use a piece of cardboard on top and bottom of door to locate the best hinge location. Install screw into the center of the slide slot of the hinge.

15) Install corner brackets to keep cabinet "square".

16) Adjust hinges and drawers for consistent gaps using adjustment screws. It will take several attempts to understand how the adjustment screws move the doors within the inset frame. 

Two adjustment screws enable you to finely tune spacing in each direction at each hinge. Raise or lower tge cabinet door by loosening and moving hinge attachment.

Please feel free to call with any questions regarding the cabinet assembly.