Making Raised Panel Kitchen Cabinet Doors

Learn a new way to make beautiful raised panel doors.

Making raised panel kitchen cabinet doors.

Each door is handcrafted and available in a variety of wood species leading to a consistently unique product. How to make raised panel doors on a router table a discussion of the basics and the finer points of the process. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. Did this summary help you.

This is the fi. If you are woodworker or cabinetmaker this. And there s more than one way to make cabinet 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.

For more tips including how to build a raised panel cabinet door read on. 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. Choose from a variety of styles including revere diaz bel air and more. Raised panel refers to how the panel of the door looks in relation to the frame of the door.

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. In a raised panel door the panel or middle part of the door will be even with the frame of the door. Cabinet doors can make or break the look of your kitchen or bathroom cabinets and the longevity of the cabinets. We ll show you the best tips techniques and tools to make doors quickly and easily without expensive panel raising bits.

One classic style of door and door construction is to make a raised panel and join the frame with a tongue and groove joint. How to make and install raised panel doors from any lumber. Here s a classic way to put together a strong good looking door without making any unsightly holes. Raised panel cabinet doors offer that additional visual interest and dimension of texture in your kitchen.

Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. 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.