Building a slab or flat panel door.
Building raised panel cabinet doors video.
In one of my recent posts i constructed a raised panel cabinet door for this tilt out wood trash can recycling center.
One method is to use a tool that is specially designed to do the job such as a panel raising plane or a panel raising router cutter.
But i thought a video post would be much more effective in showing you how to build raised panel doors.
Every choice depends on the look you are trying to achieve.
This post will walk you though the steps to build a raised frame and panel door and if you re interested you can sign up to the get excel spreadsheet that will help you do some of the basic calculations.
How to make raised panel doors on a router table a discussion of the basics and the finer points of the process.
Http www ibuildit ca woodworking 20projects raised panel doors html the tenon jig.
Cabinet shops that turn out raised panel doors rely on heavy duty shapers and cutters or at the very least a router table setup that includes a range of expensive bits.
Also when you are making a series of doors do you rout all pieces at once then assemble so that no bit changing needed or do you assemble one set see how it fits then do next door.
Traditional raised panels appear in almost every furniture style since roman times though the way to make them varies wildly.
There are two basic types of cabinet doors slab and flat panel most often chosen.
All the methods however fall into two different camps.
The style of panel cabinet door you want can vary from the flat one described here to raised and glass panel doors.
Frame and panel doors solve the problem of wood movement that can happen with wide wood doors and the raised panel gives it an elegant finished look.
Building raised panel arched cabinet doors.
Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing.
For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel.
Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin.
One classic style of door and door construction is to make a raised panel and join the frame with a tongue and groove joint.
If you are woodworker or cabinetmaker this.
And there s more than one way to make cabinet doors.
Figuring the length of the stiles is easy.