Build Raised Panel Cabinet Doors

Use a flat raised panel door for a quality look.

Build raised panel cabinet doors.

After choosing your materials pick a profile for the frame and raised panel. Split the dado head to cut tongues in the rails. The coping bit creates a secure and tight fit of the rail to the stile. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin.

Choose from a variety of styles including revere diaz bel air and more. The panel raises when we apply a second plywood panel framed with molding. There are lots of different choices and lots of different hardware considerations but one door style that makers come back to time and time again is the frame and panel door and particularly the raised panel door. The tool of choice for most small shop woodworkers who want to make raised panels is the router.

If you ll paint your doors substitute medium density fiberboard mdf for the solid stock and birch veneer plywood for a glass smooth finish. For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel. Cabinets usually need a door or two and deciding on the style of the door can be make or break the appearance of the piece. Here s a drawing of the overall assembly followed by a step by step look at the process.

Use a dado head to groove the stiles and rails. Each door is handcrafted and available in a variety of wood species leading to a consistently unique product. Change the bit to a coping or stick bit. You need to realize that this type of cabinet door requires more.

A large one generally 3 hp hung in a router table plus a set of specialized bits. In a frame and panel construction a large panel is fitted into a groove in the interior edge of a more dimensionally stable frame made of narrow strips of wood. 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 wood used in cabinetry and furniture making. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy.

Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. The whole setup will cost 350 to 800 and is money well spent if you re going to make a whole kitchen full of doors. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. Replace the tablesaw blade with a stacked dado set.

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