End caps on kitchen cabinets

[Russell Tribby]

I make a finished end panels exactly like one of the cabinets to which it will be applied. Frame and raised or flat panel. You can then either miter the corner of the face frame and end panel and glue them together, or run a rabbit on the back of the face frame, leaving maybe 1/4" from face to back, then glue the end panel in to the rabbit and flush trim later. For an open book case like your third picture you can take a different approach, but for basic kitchen cabinets with pre-finished maple interiors I find an applied end panel the simplest method. Its easy to construct in the context of making the doors, just size the corresponding FF parts accordingly.

I'd echo Peter's suggestions. Applying a panel and mitering the corner of the ff is exactly what I've done in the past.