Making Raised Panel Interior 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.

Making raised panel interior doors.

I needed custom doors for my basement because of the low ceilings. Unfortunately when you order short doors the factory just cuts the bottom off leaving a d. I build mine by laminating two pieces of 3 4 thick stock. The construction process for making solid wood interior doors bedroom bathroom etc i this case they are being made from some pretty rough lumber crooked.

If you also need to build or install a frame you will need to take the width of the frame into consideration and because shimming a door frame can add some thickness it is best to wait until after the door frame is installed before building the door or build them. Interior doors are usually 1 3 8 thick. Doors should generally be around 1 8 to 3 16 smaller than the frame. This door has a woodgrain surface with a modified cove and bead sticking profile.

I did this originally long ago back when i couldn t afford to buy the bit set or the heavier router needed to use them that is normally used to make these doors. 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. One classic style of door and door construction is to make a raised panel and join the frame with a tongue and groove joint. And there s more than one way to make cabinet doors.

The 6 panel molded interior door from jeld wen is the 6 panel molded interior door from jeld wen is perfectly suited to classic american architecture. Learn a new way to make beautiful raised panel doors. Raised panel doors are an example of frame and panel construction a method developed hundreds of years ago to combat the effects of moisture on solid wood used in cabinetry and furniture making. 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.

We ll show you the best tips techniques and tools to make doors quickly and easily without expensive panel raising bits. Making raised panel doors on the table saw general woodworking or more correctly cope and stick 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. The client took an integral part in choosing lumber and its location in the door.

Clamps clamps and more clamps. The door frame is built using loose tenons or dominoes with a panel that floats in a groove in the frame.