How To Make Shaker Raised Panel Doors

You ll adjust the width of the grooves to fit the plywood.

How to make shaker raised panel doors. Place one of the rails you just routed on the router table to help you set the bit height. Subtract that distance from the total height and width of the door. After you ve coped both ends of your rails replace the coping bit with the profile bit. In as little as a weekend you could completely transform your kitchen by making your own shaker doors.

You can also make raised panel doors with a portable tablesaw. Determine the dimensions of the panel. Part 1 in this fast paced half hour instructional video marc will lead you step by step through building three different types of shaker style raised pan. I also did a little surgery on the cabinet doors to turn the raised panel doors into recessed panel doors.

Not only are they stylish and easy to make but the tongue and groove joint will ensure they hold up to the daily abuse in the kitchen. Cabinet shops that turn out raised panel doors use heavy duty shapers and cutters or a router table setup that includes a range of expensive bits. The raised panel doors and some of them were double panels just didn t seem right for. Measure from the outside edges to the beginning of the rollover or bead.

Plywood that lies flat but don t worry if it s not exactly 1 4 in. For the panel look for 1 4 in. A veteran cabinetmaker shows you how to build a shaker style cabinet door.