Making Solid Panel Cabinet Doors

I recently was asked to make a built in cabinet for a remodel to match a client s shaker style doors which featured flat panels and beveled stiles and rails.

Making solid panel cabinet doors. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. This raised panel design such as is found in shaker style cabinets gives a very traditional look. Door construction in cope and stick door construction the cabinet door frame is held together by a joint between the edge of the stiles the vertical members of the frame. Use solid wood for a door when you make a panel door.

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. To prove that you don t need expensive cutters to make handsome doors we made the beautiful raised panel doors above using only three common router bits. This is done by either gluing up a panel to the width and length you need or by using a solid piece that has been specially milled for you.

In this video i am copying the dimensions of an old cabinet door in order to replace one that is missing in the kitchen. Learn a new way to make beautiful raised panel doors. If you re getting into cabinet making you ll most likely have to make cabinet doors eventually. Lay out the dimensions of the door on your choice of sheet material.

While there are many options for door making the standard is frame and panel doors. 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. They can be finished with paint stain followed by polyurethane or any other finish you deem appropriate. And there s more than one way to make cabinet doors.

However you need to know that this is usually cost prohibitive. We ll show you the best tips techniques and tools to make doors quickly and easily without expensive panel raising bits. Most cabinet doors still use a form of contoured design in which frames and panels are constructed so that the cabinet faces are dimensional rather than flat. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in.

These are doors with a frame made most of the time from hardwood and a panel made of anything from solid wood to plywood to mdf. However flat panel doors otherwise known as slab cabinet doors are increasing in popularity largely because they lend a modern.