Making Curved Cabinet Doors

All rails are custom laminated using solid wood material while the stiles and center panel are constructed of solid wood staves.

Making curved cabinet doors. Curved doors and panels add elegance to any project especially kitchen cabinets. How it s made curved cabinet doors. Make sure the nails stick out a little so you can easily remove them later on. Curved cabinet doors what s the most efficient way to build radius frame and panel doors in house.

For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. How to make arched cabinet doors easily. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin.

The task can be made much easier by using a flexible panel product called kerfkore see photo right top. All of walzcraft s curved cabinet doors are built using state of the art technology and equipment. Making curved doors kerfkore flexible panels handle curves with ease. I like the look of traditional rail and stile.

For this part we forgot to take pictures but the process is fairly simple. Nail 2 pieces of mdf together so both molds will be exactly the same. My thought is to use a bending form and laminated strips of 1 8 luan ply and 1 8 red oak for final layer. Making these complicated parts requires careful planning and building.

To make curved doors start by making two identical molds out of 18 mm medium density fiberboard mdf. Brad holden demonstrates how to use bendable plywood laminations and a fo. This feature is not available right now. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy.

Question i need to construct several doors for a curved front cabinet 28 rad. When gilles gaudet owner of saint georges doors decided to add curved cabinet doors to the company s product line in 1996 he found that the process was somewhat slower and more difficult than. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing.