a 10 minute video and literally every second is good info... nice

I'm familiar with this method. When I worked for my brothers-in-law in construction many years ago, we did several jobs installing cabinets commercially. They were all built this way. We simply leveled the bases, then set the cabinets on top. Easy peasy!

My former neighbor, calls himself a handyman, but has extensive experience building and remodeling homes. He was building new cabinets in his garage for his new home. He taught me the same method. He said build you toe kick frame, then spend the time to level it. Once that’s done, attach your cabinets on top. Then your not fighting each cabinet to be level and matching the other ones.

There are a ton of great woodworkers on KZfaq but I will say I always learn a ton from you. I have watched all your cabinet making videos going back several years. I had never made a cabinet when I watched your first one. Since then I have made many including a kitchen remodel. Thanks and keep them coming.

After watching the video advert i was still skeptical. But when i finally downloaded the plans kzfaq.infoUgkxZF0EMnrujZvqHhGkxiz559uIABJWR9TG i was very impressed. The whole plan was just as you said in the video. Thank you very much. I now have a large and valuable collection for my woodworks. This is great!

You have what it takes to be a great teacher, precise without BS.

ladder box toe kicks have been SOP for us since the early 80's. solid and speeds up install. thumbs up

I attach a level ledger board across the wall. Place boxes on top and use the plastic adjustable legs for the front. So simple and always perfectly level.

Simple, informative, relaxing and awesome.

No nonsense approach - gets the job done efficiently. I like it.

Your videos are extremely well done. The angles, lighting and the way that you describe the process makes it all a very nice package. Thank you!

Some very good tips and demo, Bent. So much easier to level than built-in toe kicks.

What a great plan. This will save me so much time building out my shop cabinets.

I used this method on a recent project. It made the installation go much smoother and faster. Great results. Thanks

Never done cabinet installation, but learned a lot from this simple but well put video.

This is Old School Carpentry, if the base is solid and level the rest falls in place . . .glad to see someone put the time in to show others Old School techniques +++ points for that

As a flooring installer that occasionally needs to pry off the toe kick to get my flooring together, I appreciate the the way your cabinets are constructed. Well done!

Crystal clear and professional. Great video

That was absolutely brilliant! I will be following your method from here on. Thanks for taking the time to compile and post.

Great video. All the information needed without a bunch of extra talking. Informational AND interesting. I learned a lot in a few minutes. Thank you!!

Thorough explanation with great demonstration. Thank you!!

Going to be building cabinets for the first and have really gotten a lot of good information . Feel much better about the upcoming project. Thank you for your time

For kitchen cabinets, I install drawer slides and drawers in the toe kicks. They are great for the rarely used roasting pans and cookie sheets.

I've been doing this for the last 40 years, its absolutely the best way to install cabinets. Old home remodels where you have a 3" difference in floor from 1 side to the other. Glad to see someone else doing it this way. Have had quite a few contractors just look at me and shake their heads like I;m crazy!! Great video as always!!

Really enjoying these videos. I'd love to see you keep it going with scribing the filler strips and the top to the walls, and scribing the toe kick.

This is the best advice I have ever seen regarding cabinetry. Thank you so much for making this excellent video!👍

That was a brilliant explanation, your a gifted teacher!

Thanks, I was one of the fellows who asked you about toe kicks. Good method, makes sense.

This is so timely, I actually followed your video for making the carcasses and also the video on blum undermount slides, I have both cabinets assembled with their drawers in my workshop, but they've just been sitting there for two weeks while I thought about how to install them. This will give me the motivation to finish them!

Great video, Jason~! I really like the design of using a separate toe-kick. I'm in the process of building my miter saw station and this is the way I'll be mounting those cabinets. It just seems like an easier way to get them level, especially with the imperfect cement floor in my shop. Your build technique makes it look even easier than what I've already seen. Thanks for sharing this~!

Nice work. This method is a keeper for all who do cabinets on a semi-routine basis. thanks.

Thanks for posting this. I've been wanting to use this method but hadn't see it addressed anywhere.

Thank You and I am glad I found your Channel. Keep Up The Good Work

Regarding the laser, I find it's best to set the laser line 2 or 3 inches above the toe kick. Find the high spot then set a block of wood on the high spot on the toe kick, mark the laser on the block then shim up each section until the block shows level to the laser. Setting up the laser above the toe kick, offset, allows you to accurately level the front and the back of the toe kick using the laser. No spirit level is needed.

Never saw it done this way. Thank you much 😊

Professional Finish Carpenter/Cabinet guy here; First off, separate toe-kicks for the win! By far the best way to do it. Unfortunately, in my area, so few cabinet shops do them separately :/ I did have one question: What's with the torpedo level? You're already using a laser. If the laser is touching the front of the kick and you can still see it above the back side of the kick, then your kick is sitting perfectly in the middle of the laser, therefore level. You're 12" torpedo isn't telling you anything that the laser isn't already.

Great.....I’ve done units similar and having a plinth base, levelled through is a good way to go. Well done!

I appreciate you making this video. It was super timely and helpful as I'm tackling my first built-in's redoing our laundry room. Used this method to get a solid and level base for the cabinets. Great info!

Nice! Found this channel by mistake and it's perfect for some books shelves I am about to set up.

It’s a lot easier to put your drawer slides in when it’s on your workstation versus When it’s installed. And you’re right about building toe kick in cabinet separate because you get six Sides out of a piece of plywood versus four if you build them with the toe kick attached

Loved seeing you out of the workshop putting some stuff together and you made that look easy im going to start doing this! another fantastic video

Thank you for those tips, definitely using them.

Wow! So many super valuable tips right here. Thank you for sharing.

Good stuff Brother. Thank you!

I do the same... build separate toe kicks for my cabinet installs. One benefit you can add to making them separately... building them out of pressure teated lumber (plywood or 2x4 stock like I did). It is advantageous in situations like garages and basements, where the cabinets may be sitting directly on concrete floors.

Omg! Lovin that office glass door.

Thanks for this pair of videos. I'm putting cabinets in my new shop in the next few months and was planning on something pretty much like this. Good to see your process and get a refresher. Nicely done.

Very nice installation

I stumbled across your video when I was at my lowest, not having a good time. kinda not sure what direction I'm going in with my life and your video made me feel the passion I used to feel a few years ago, seeing you do jobs properly and the awesome tools you have gives me some hope to keep going. Thank you.

Really good method and makes the cabinet carcasses a little easier to construct

this is a great help, and so well explained thankyou! Will help me heaps as I am about to embark on a fitted 'robe project!

Thank You for posting I was taught a very similar method many years ago by a German cabinet maker.

You are a genius! Thanks!

Im so using this on my new RV build

one of the best videos ive seen and being a floorguy i appreciate the fact you cut the laminate floor back as it should be. the base construction takes all the work outta cabinet installation, plus when backed up with a laser and comp shims quality is sky high. you got a new subscriber! 👍

I’ve been building my cabinets this way for decades!

Excellent tutorial.

For garages and basements where things might get wet, I used plastic adjustable feet.

Your videos are amazing.

A friend of mine installed my cabinets in the same way. However, he bradnailed small pieces of plywood at the bottom, and proceeded to peel them layer by layer and pound the nail further in every time he needed the base to be lowered, and added shims to lift things up. The cabinets are rock solid!

Always admire the simplicity of your thinking processes Jason, as well as your presentation. I like to take your approach to make shop cabinets set on a common base, however; not to fix it to a wall. Rather set the base on heavy duty leveling casters to be able to move if necessary. Any drawbacks to setting the cabinet base on casters that you see?

Great demonstration. Thanks

Thanks for the videos they are very helpful. I assume you cut access to the wall outlets in the back of the cabinets.

great video. Thank you for the amazing tips and tricks to make life easier.

Perfect!

Loved this, super informative

great work a real art

Really nice explanation of the toe kick base. Thanks!

Wow, amazing work 👏 . Thanks for the informative video

Great job. Thanks for sharing!

Excellent video and explanation. Thanks!

Awesome content! I really appreciate how thorough and detailed you are with every step. Eliminates all possible headaches once placing the cabinets, spot on sir!

This is genius, man I'm glad you made this video, thanks!

Such a helpful video , thank you !!

Amazing tutorial - something I often come across and this video has helped a lot in my initial start of any project.

Best cabinet installation video I have seen. Thank you for sharing!

outstanding video very informative. thank you

Bro… great video. All out of 3/4” I love it.

Beautiful work!

Very nice tutorial. Thanks

Any suggestions on RTA cabinets with toe kicks and attaching them to an additional toe kick? For reference, I am remodeling my kitchen and purchased some pretty nice RTA cabinets which I have already built and put together. They came with a 4" toe kick as part of the assembly. However, with how tall I am, I have decided I want my cabinets to be like my mom's home, and be an additional 4" taller than the usual cabinet height. When my mom had her house built, they used 2"x4" for the base; however I was not able to see how they built them or put it together. I am wondering if I would do a similar version of your build with the 2"x4" and instead of the "T" and "L" shape cross bars, just use a 2x4 in it's place? Also, given that I don't have access to the base of the cabinet toe kick area once installed, is it best to just screw it to the stud in the wall and call it good, just as though it would have been installed on the floor? My mom normally comes out to help me with these bigger projects, but she is not available this time, so I am all alone to tackle it. I am pretty confident in my skills; however, with the expense of what the remodel has cost me, I'd hate to mess it up. Any ideas would help.

Exactly what I’ve been looking for. Thank you.

Best method for cabinet installing.

Awesome information, thanks for sharing this video!!

Great video as always. As somebody who has never built a toe kick before, nor a cabinet for that matter, I have a couple of suggestions that came to mind. Firstly when measuring the cabinets for the support positions you could instead just place either the front or back across the cabinets and mark them directly. Secondly as you have a nice flat and level work surface to build on, I'd suggest building the toe kick upside down. This ensures that the top surface will be flat and level for the cabinets as the bottom surface of the toe kick doesn't matter - It will be shimmed anyway.

Thanks, I learned something.

Great tutorial. Thanks! 🙂👍🏼

Great job

Great informative video !

Just instead of using a little spirit level, I raise the level line 2 to 3 centimetres above the kicker. Them I find the highest pois on my kicker. Thank I use a little block to draw a line where the highest part is. Then I use this block all the way over the kicker and packing up where it is necessary.

You can set the laser higher than the base and mark a line or dot on a little block and use that too shim the back !!

Good video. It's been about 40 years since I have done cabinets. I'll practice first with garage cabinets, then build family room cabinets and finally build upper and lower kitchen cabinets. I'm glad you gave your tips. Many I had forgotten. My question is: From start to finish about how long did it take for the project. Again, good video.

Great presentation! I appreciate ya!

do you need to attach cabinets to the platform? I am planning on shallow cabinets only about 12" but wasn't sure if this is best practices?

Great instructions. The best that I have seen. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍

I've used shims to level cabinets, but have learned another way and that is to use rectangular feet that are placed on the floor and screwed into the base sides in the corners. The base sits on these feet.

Great method and explanations. Instead connecting cabinet boxes with screws, which can dislodge over time and aren't so good with MDF and melamine, I recommend connecting bolts and nuts (Everbilt) to ensure the boxes never shift. Using the bolts and nuts takes me, an amateur, about two minutes more per box than screws, which is why pros simply use screws. But if the cabinets are for your own home, the few extra minutes are worth it.

This is the way. The cabinets i put in 20 yrs ago are still in perfect condition. Refinish on doors and face veneer is all we have done .

Thank you. Very helpful.

I used your L and T method for the toe kick. I really like this method!