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Kitchen base cabinet 600 with drawer and door 600 × 820 × 560: cut list and cutting plan
A standard kitchen base unit: 720 mm carcass on 100 mm adjustable legs, two rails under the worktop, a drawer at the top and a door below. 18 mm board, 3 mm HDF back. All sizes in millimetres.
Cut list
| Part | Length × width, mm | Qty | Edge banding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | 720 × 560 | 2 | 1 long |
| Top rail | 564 × 100 | 1 | 1 long |
| Top rail | 564 × 100 | 1 | — |
| Bottom | 564 × 560 | 1 | 1 long |
| Drawer front | 597 × 147 | 1 | all |
| Drawer side | 500 × 90 | 2 | 1 long |
| Drawer front/back | 502 × 90 | 2 | 1 long |
| Fixed shelf | 564 × 560 | 1 | 1 long |
| Shelf | 562 × 540 | 1 | 1 long |
| Door | 597 × 567 | 1 | all |
Not cut from the board: Adjustable legs, 100 mm: 4 pcs; kick plinth 600 × 95 mm (cut to length) · Worktop on top: 600 × 600 mm (with a 20–40 mm front overhang) · Back panel, HDF 3 mm: 596 × 716 mm · Drawer slides (ball-bearing, side-mount, 13 mm per side): 1 sets, nominal length 500 mm · Drawer bottoms, HDF 3 mm: 1 × (538 × 500 mm, check per section) · 4 adjustable legs, 100 mm, with plinth clips · 2 cup hinges, 35 mm · 1 pair of slides, 500 mm · 2 handles · 4 shelf pins · worktop and kick plinth bought separately
How the sizes are worked out
- Sides 720 × 560 (carcass height; legs and worktop come on top of that).
- No full top panel: two 100 mm rails (front and back) hold the cabinet together and carry the worktop.
- Bottom and fixed shelf = 600 − 36 = 564; the adjustable shelf is 562 × 540.
- Drawer front 597 × 147, door 597 × 567 — together with the 3 mm gaps they cover the 720 carcass.
- Drawer box 500 long (slide length), front and back 502.
Cutting plan on 2440 × 1220 sheets
Laid out by the CutRun calculator with a 3 mm saw kerf and 10 mm trimmed off the factory edges.
83 % of the board ends up in the furniture.
Other sizes on 2440 × 1220 sheets
Same construction, worked out by the calculator for other common sizes (width × height × depth, mm):
| Size | Sheets | Board | Edge banding |
|---|---|---|---|
| 300 × 820 × 560 | 1 | 1.63 m² | 6.5 m |
| 400 × 820 × 560 | 1 | 1.91 m² | 7.5 m |
| 450 × 820 × 560 | 1 | 2.05 m² | 8.0 m |
| 500 × 820 × 560 | 1 | 2.19 m² | 8.5 m |
| 600 × 820 × 560 | 1 | 2.46 m² | 9.5 m |
| 600 × 820 × 600 | 1 | 2.60 m² | 9.6 m |
600 × 820 × 600 is the largest size in this table that fits on a single sheet (87 % of it used).
Assembly order
- Band the edges: fronts all round, sides and shelves on the front edge.
- Screw the bottom, the fixed shelf and both rails between the sides; nail on the back.
- Screw on the legs, set the cabinet level at 820 mm with the worktop.
- Fit the slides and the drawer, hang the door, clip on the kick plinth.
Questions
How many sheets do I need for a kitchen base cabinet?
A 600 × 820 × 560 mm version in 18 mm board fits on one 2440 × 1220 mm sheet: 2.46 m² of board and about 9.5 m of edge banding. The 3 mm HDF back is cut from a separate thin sheet.
What are standard kitchen base cabinet sizes?
Carcass 720 mm high on 100–150 mm legs, 560–580 mm deep, widths 300–1200 mm in 50 or 100 mm steps; the worktop brings the total to about 860–910 mm.
Why rails instead of a top panel?
The worktop covers the cabinet anyway; two rails save board and leave room for a sink or a hob.
Need a different size? Open this design in the cabinet builder, type your own width, height and depth or change shelves, drawers and doors — the cut list and the drawing update as you go. Then send it to the calculator for your own sheet size.
Open in the cabinet builder How to calculate edge bandingWorked out from a typical construction — check every size against your board and hardware before you cut. Cut list and sheet layout made with CutRun.