How To Build A 2 Panel Shaker Door

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How to build a 2 panel shaker door.

Watch the video left to learn how easy these router bits. The primed finish is ready for a paint finish. The door comes in a variety of heights and widths to suit most any space in your home. While there are many options for door making the standard is frame and panel doors.

This is my first instructable and my first try at building my own door. Years ago i got a quote for replacing them with lovely shaker style solid core doors and it was pricey. Making simple frame and panel cabinet doors is fairly easy and the thing i like best is you can do this either on the table saw or a router table. The panels are stacked in a traditional shaker style.

How to build your own diy two panel shaker style door. I am using these doors in an area that will receive very light treatment so 1 4 panels will suffice. 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. Build a panel door.

Check out our raised panel project calculator for an easy way to determine the sizes of your door parts. However you could make the grooves and tenons using a router table just as easily. Door stiles sides and rails horizontal portion are made of engineered solid core pine. Please be light on me as i know i make mistakes.

If you d like to figure the part sizes on your own use these formulas. 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. 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. For this article i m going to show you how to build shaker style cabinet doors using a table saw.

I do think the finished product turned out great materials used were3 2x6 x 8 foot1 2x8 x 8 foot this could be 4 foot 1 2. The simplest form of the frame and panel door is the shaker style door known for its no frills look clean and simple. If you are building a kitchen cabinet door or a door that will receive a lot of harsh treatment 1 2 panels may be the way to go.