Build Your Own Raised Panel Cabinet Doors

How to assemble raised panel cabinet doors.

Build your own raised panel cabinet doors.

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. The size of door depends on a few factors whether the door is inset if the door is. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy.

Use a flat raised panel door for a quality look. The coping bit creates a secure and tight fit of the rail to the stile. How to build a raised panel door 1. All the methods however fall into two different camps.

When you re ready to get started making your own frame and panel doors you ll find all of the best quality door making tools equipment and supplies at rockler. The doors i build this way often are referred to as shaker style. Change the bit to a coping or stick bit. 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.

To build or to buy. Determine the dimensions. In this video i am copying the dimensions of an old cabinet door in order to replace one that is missing in the kitchen. Traditional raised panels appear in almost every furniture style since roman times though the way to make them varies wildly.

How raised panel doors work raised panel doors are an example of frame and panel construction a method developed hundreds of years ago to combat the effects of moisture on solid. You ll need a few router bits to make the shapes for the cabinet doors the bits are an investment. Figuring the length of the rails is more complicated. Step 2 routing.

A roundtable on making raised panel doors for cabinets versus buying them out opening onto a discussion of the larger issues of tooling and automation. How to build a diy raised panel cabinet door step 1 determine door size. Take the height of the door you want and add 1 8 in. If you intend to stain or dye your cabinet it is important that you do so the door panel prior to assembly since the final finishing will not penetrate this area.

For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel. You need to realize that this type of cabinet door requires more. You also can make raised panel doors with a portable tablesaw.