Making Cabinet Doors With A Router

For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel.

Making cabinet doors with a router.

If you ve been reading this blog for a while then you ve probably seen me write about building shaker cabinet doors before. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy. Cut dadoes in cabinet door frames. After that coat the door with your desired finish to give it a glossy elegant look.

Cabinet doors can be pricey. If you have a router table it may not be as hard as you think to make your own. I ve built them for both my large built in cabinet the tv stand and they were the same style. Easy cabinet doors made on the router table.

As with most woodworking techniques an ounce of planning is worth at least a pound of workpieces you won t have to re make if you do things correctly the first time. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. Cabinet doors aren t difficult to make at the router table but the process isn t foolproof either. Plus there are all kinds of profiles you can cut using the same process with different router bits.

Once you ve cut the door out soften its sides with a router to get rid of any rough edges. And while a router lift on your table would make it easier to adjust the bit height it can be done without it i know because i did it. A router table is a must to make diy routed cabinet doors. Its a quick and repeatable pr.

Welcome to penalty box woodshop and i hope you enjoy this video on how to make easy cabinet doors on the router table. Decide on the final dimension of the cabinet door then calculate the size of your stiles rails and center panel as follows. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. There are a million ways to make a door but this method is fairly simple and worked with the tools i already had.

For more tips including how to build a raised panel cabinet door read on. I built my cabinet doors with simple frames and floating panels as in the panels float inside the frame. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. Finally screw the hinges and handle onto the door and install it to the cabinet.