Making Raised Panel Doors

There is a mystique about raised panel work which is silly as the whole process is really easy and very quick.

Making raised panel doors.

The doors i build this way often are referred to as shaker style. 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. 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. 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. 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. It didn t come with any information.

In a frame and panel construction a large panel is fitted into a groove in the interior edge of a more dimensionally stable frame made of narrow. For my door i used 1 2 1 27cm inch mdf for the panels. We ll show you the best tips techniques and tools to make doors quickly and easily without expensive panel raising bits. 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.

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. I watched your video making raised panel doors uploaded on oct 11 2007. 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. Any competent craftsman can do high quality ra.

You were using a bit set that i purchased on craigslist. 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. Accuracy and consistency of width assures a good fit. I was wondering if you could tell me manufacturer of router bits.

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. 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. Also could you tell me manufactured of router fence you used.