Make Your Own Slab Cabinet Doors

This raised panel design such as is found in shaker style cabinets gives a very traditional look.

Make your own slab cabinet doors.

Doors are either 1 3 8 thick generally interior or 1 3 4 thick generally exterior. However flat panel doors otherwise known as slab cabinet doors are increasing in popularity largely because they lend a modern. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. Assuming the grain runs lengthwise the doors are 45cm wide you could rip a 9 inch wide strip from the slab resaw 4 veneers from the strip and make your own plywood by using the 4 veneers book matched on either side of a baltic birch plywood core or a solid wood panel core like krenov.

For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel. You may be satisfied with less than top drawer results if you re building the doors yourself but if you re paying to have them made you want only the best and it takes a shop with a cabinet grade tools to achieve that. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin.

This is one such cabinet door for which lighting and color scheme will make all the difference and give your kitchen a life of its own. Before beginning to make the tongue and groove joints on your slab style cabinet doors it is a good idea to lay out all the boards you are making according to their grain patterns. Our team offers professional priming for only 8 00 so that when you receive your doors. Most cabinet doors still use a form of contoured design in which frames and panels are constructed so that the cabinet faces are dimensional rather than flat.

If you want a woodgrain look use medium density fiberboard on a painted or covered surface. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy. Then cut the door out of a sheet of plywood or your chosen material with a circular or table saw. The door i wanted to build had to be 1 3 8 thick.

I used 5mm underlayment for the front and back which is slightly less than 1 4 thick. Today i will share how to build an interior slab door that is inexpensive and easy to make. To make a simple slab door start by measuring the dimensions for your door.