32 mm cabinetmaking system

The system is in wide use globally, partly owing to IKEA using some of its elements (principally the 32 mm shelf support holes) in its furniture.

The system was developed by fitting, machine and furniture manufacturers, and serves to standardize both component dimensions and production processes.

The design features are: The system includes matching fittings, with which furniture sides can be secured to floors, walls, and adjacent cabinets.

Advantages of this system include: It is claimed that the system was developed after the end of World War II in order to help speed reconstruction of the vast number of buildings destroyed during the war, that the spacing was decided upon because that was the closest that multiple drill bits on a line boring machine could be placed, because of the size of the gears then available.

[4] Multiple vendors sell drilling templates and routing machines that can be used to build System 32 cabinets, including:[5]