Making Shaker Doors With A Router

The secret to building frame and panel shaker doors or drawer fronts like a pro is to use our rail and stile shaker router bit set.

Making shaker doors with a router.

I prefer to make mine using a. These doors can also be made with a table saw. In this video i show how to make shaker style cabinet doors with a router. I have been making a lot of cabinet doors recently and in this video i show you my method for how to make shaker cabinet doors.

We ve lived in this house for 13 years and it was the same as when we first moved in sigh. If you ve been reading this blog for a while then you ve probably seen me write about building shaker cabinet doors before. In this tutorial i am going to show you how i made shaker style drawer fronts using a router table and rail and stile router bits. If you have a router table it may not be as hard as you think to make your own.

Want to make shaker cabinet doors but don t have a router. Learn how to build cabinet door frames using a rail and stile router bit set. The simplest form of the frame and panel door is the shaker style door known for its no frills look clean and simple. I ve built them for both my large built in cabinet the tv stand and they were the same style.

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. How to build shaker cabinet doors with a router how to inset the doors into a face frame for a high end look. While there are many options for door making the standard is frame and panel doors. Plus there are all kinds of profiles you can cut using the same process with different router bits.

Cabinet doors can be pricey. Find out the easiest ways to make your own shaker cabinet doors without special tools for cheap. Rail and stile joints also referred to as cope and stick joints feature a frame profile that surrounds the panel and a groove that contains the panel.