CNC routers have changed the game for cabinet and furniture makers, combining traditional woodworking craftsmanship with modern technology’s precision.
Whether crafting custom cabinets, cutting drawer boxes, or creating one-of-a-kind furniture, a CNC machine for cabinets from ShopSabre can help you work faster, smarter, and more accurately.
Our machines are built to streamline your workflow, cut down on material waste, and deliver consistent results every time. With the ability to handle materials like plywood, hardwood, softwood, solid surfaces, plastics, and more, ShopSabre cabinet CNC machines help you tackle all of your projects.
Why ShopSabre Stands Out for Cabinet Makers
Finding the best CNC machine for cabinets is about getting a good mix of reliability, ease of use, and long-term value. ShopSabre machines check all the boxes, proudly manufactured in the U.S.A., offering advanced technology, industrial-grade strength, and the flexibility you will need to take on any future job.
Revolutionizing the Cabinet Industry
Built for Hard Work and Accuracy
- Tough, Reliable Construction: ShopSabre cabinet CNC machines feature industrial-strength frames and gantries to handle heavy-duty projects without compromising precision.
- Engineered for Perfection: Advanced designs ensure smooth, accurate cuts, whether you’re working on intricate details or large-scale panels. With precise cutting and smart design, you can also maximize your materials and minimize waste.
- Speed and Power Combined: High-performance drives let you handle everything from precise joinery to full-scale cabinet production quickly and efficiently.
Designed With Efficiency in Mind
- More Room to Work: With larger working areas and higher clearances, you can easily tackle big cabinet panels, furniture components, and projects like range hoods, mantels, live edge work, and more — giving you the ability to take on jobs your competition simply can’t.
- Adaptable for Any Job: Bring bold ideas to life with a machine that handles intricate details and tough materials with ease. Perfect for creating inlays, face frames, frameless cabinets, dovetail drawers, custom range hoods, or even custom furniture.
- No Assembly Needed: Every ShopSabre cabinet CNC machine ships fully assembled, tested, and pre-calibrated, so you can get to work right away.
Ready to Grow with Your Business
As your shop grows, so can your machine. Our routers adapt to your needs with many field-upgradable options and industry-leading motion control systems. They’re also Windows-OS-compatible, allowing seamless integration with your design software.
The Best CNC Routers for Cabinet Makers
IS-A Series
Key Features
- Ball Screw Drive System: Twin ball screws on the Y-axis deliver 7x more rigidity compared to rack-and-pinion systems, ensuring smoother, more accurate cuts for cabinet panels and joinery.
- Super Z Technology: Super Z Technology ensures more rigidity in your Z-Axis reducing your drill times, reducing your tool changes, and ensuring your time spent making money is maximized.
- Precision Linear Guides: High-quality guides enhance stability and accuracy, ensuring better edge finish and tight tolerances on every piece.
- Industrial Offloading: Streamline production with automated unloading capabilities standard and optional automated loading, ensuring that your machine can pace your demand. Designed for nested-based manufacturing, this solution is ideal for high-production cabinet, closet, and drawer production.
What It’s Best For: High-capacity shops that need top-tier precision & reliability while ensuring enhanced throughput while minimizing labor efforts.
IS-M Series
Features That Deliver Results
- Industrial Steel Frame: Oversized structural steel and aerospace-milled for perfect alignment, ensuring stability and precision on every cabinet cut.
- Mitsubishi M8 Controller: Like the IS-A, this controller delivers the same unmatched speed and accuracy, with fiber-optic communication and real-time servo feedback and tuning, ideal for precision needs & maximum throughput.
- Ball Screw Technology: All ShopSabre ball screw machines feature our “Whip-Free” design, eliminating backlash & delivering the smoothest motion control in the industry, allowing you to produce smoother cuts & higher precision parts with minimal maintenance demands.
- Mitsubishi Servo Motors: These high-performance motors are self-monitoring and tuning to ensure you achieve the ultimate speed without sacrificing accuracy, allowing you to produce detailed designs while maintaining high-demand production schedules.
- Increased Gantry Clearance: The IS-M features a 12″ gantry clearance with a 16″ Z Stroke, giving you the versatility to tackle your slab work with ease.
What It’s Best For: High-speed, High-Accuracy cutting demands where versatility is necessary.
Industrial Series (IS)
From producing standard kitchen cabinets to commercial-grade cabinetry, the IS Series offers the versatility and efficiency you need:
- Cut Large Sheets with Ease: Available in 4′ x 8′, 5′ x 10′, and 6’x12’ configurations to accommodate full-size panel production.
- Efficient Nested-Based Manufacturing: This machine gives you the ability to optimize material usage and streamline your production workflow with ease thanks to its at-machine Windows OS — ensuring you can nest your entire job with our point-and-click technology.
- Versatility Unmatched: Whether you need to produce case parts, doors, drawers, closets, or create an inlay or custom range hood, this machine can produce quality parts while meeting production demands without sacrificing the ability to create custom one-off jobs.
What It’s Best For: Medium to High production businesses looking for a durable, professional-grade, American-made CNC machine at a price point otherwise unobtainable for the Cabinetry, Sign, or Fabrication Industries.
PRO Series
Why Cabinet Makers Choose the PRO Series
- Rigid Steel Frame: The oversized structural steel frame and aerospace milling deliver unmatched stability and accuracy, which is crucial for cabinetry production.
- Ball Screw Drive System: Eliminate backlash with ShopSabre’s advanced 3-axis ball screw technology for smoother cuts, precise edges, and minimal maintenance.
- Mitsubishi Servo Motors: Closed-loop digital servo motors ensure high-speed performance and pinpoint precision, perfect for intricate cabinet details.
- Customizable Options: Available in a wide range of configurations, you can streamline your workflows for efficiency without sacrificing quality or affordability.
- Versatile Cutting Capabilities: Handles a wide range of materials, including wood, acrylic, foam, and aluminum—perfect for cabinetry and more.
What It’s Best For: Shops ready to make the leap into CNC Automation or looking to scale up their operations with more advanced cutting technology.
RC Series
Key Features for Cabinet Makers
- Floating Drive Technology: ShopSabre’s exclusive, low-maintenance inverted rack-and-pinion system reduces wear and increases torque, making it perfect for an entry into automated cabinetry work.
- Tool Measurement Technology: A state-of-the-art tool measure system produces consistency across projects.
- Dust Skirt Technology: Dust collection ready with the quick-release dust skirt, simplifying your cleanup and keeping you running at higher production while maintaining a workspace you can be proud of.
- Vectric VCarve PRO Software: This intuitive point-and-click software supports 2D, 2.5D, 3D, and nesting and is made for cabinet-making applications.
- Windows OS Integrated PC: With at-machine CAD/CAM capabilities, solid-state hard drive storage, and remote diagnostic, the ShopSabre control makes CNC simple & reliable.
What It’s Best For: Recreational Craft, First-time CNC users, and entry-level shops looking to dip their toes into CNC automation and expand their capabilities without sending their money overseas.
Why Cabinet Makers Trust ShopSabre
When you invest in a ShopSabre CNC machine for your cabinetry business, you invest in yourself. Every ShopSabre cabinetry machine is purposefully designed for cutting cabinetry backed by a company that understands that industry. You get a solution that allows you more freedom, control, and pride in the work you are already doing. Growing your business has never been easier while reducing your hurdles.
Additionally, your investment comes backed by a company you can depend on for as long as you need.
Made in the USA
Quality matters, which is why every ShopSabre machine is proudly engineered, manufactured, and supported in the United States.
When you choose ShopSabre, you choose the best; you choose American manufacturing & support that comes with a nearly 98% satisfaction rating.
This product is more than a machine, it’s built with a reputation for dependability, performance, and service.
Lifetime Support from Real Experts
Our team is here for you, not just before the sale but for the life of ownership. From setup to continuing education all the way to troubleshooting, we offer superior support that is industry-recognized and known for treating you like family, ensuring your machine works as hard as you do.
Let’s Find the Right Machine for Your Shop
Not sure what model or options are right for you? No problem; schedule a free consultation with one of our in-house industry experts and we will personalize your CNC experience.