Making Raised Panel Doors

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.

Making raised panel 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. We ll show you the best tips techniques and tools to make doors quickly and easily without expensive panel raising bits. Accuracy and consistency of width assures a good fit. For my door i used 1 2 1 27cm inch mdf for the panels.

You were using a bit set that i purchased on craigslist. 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. Cut the stiles and the rails from 4 4 2 54 cm material if you can and mill or plane down the material to a consistent width of 75 inches 2 cm. Panel doors consist of two stiles side pieces and two rails top and bottom along with a panel that sits between them.

Http www ibuildit ca woodworking 20projects raised panel doors html the tenon jig. Any competent craftsman can do high quality ra. All the methods however fall into two different camps. The vertical stiles and horizontal rails that make up the frame have square rather than contoured edges.

I was wondering if you could tell me manufacturer of router bits. The doors i build this way often are referred to as shaker style. Traditional raised panels appear in almost every furniture style since roman times though the way to make them varies wildly. The center panel which floats in the frame is a raised piece of solid wood a flat piece of plywood also works.

Learn a new way to make beautiful raised panel doors. It didn t come with any information. 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. Plywood and mdf are great options for panels as they are stable and easy to come by.

If you are doing raised panels or using solid wood for the panels you must be aware of wood movement and take precautions or else your door could crack with the changing of the seasons. There is a mystique about raised panel work which is silly as the whole process is really easy and very quick. Also could you tell me manufactured of router fence you used. You also can make raised panel doors with a portable tablesaw.