Making Recessed Panel Cabinet Doors

Mitered recessed cabinet doors are assembled with the mitered joint.

Making recessed panel cabinet doors.

These are simple shaker style cabinet doors and are not very expensive to make but i warn you they are a little time consuming. But in fact the plywood panel makes a better door reducing panel movement warping etc. Mitered recessed cabinet doors. One classic style of door and door construction is to make a raised panel and join the frame with a tongue and groove joint.

Frame and panel doors add class to any project but they don t have to add a lot of assembly time. With a 1 4 plus reveal in the front it gives a flush back. And while i was at it i needed to make two doors for a cabinet i have been working on for a friend. 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. Here s a classic way to put together a strong good looking door without making any unsightly holes. We use 1 2 9 ply baltic birch for the panels. But i still had to make shaker cabinet doors for the big cabinet that i built.

We re making a house full of recessed flat panel doors that are painted and shaker style without the center divider. Recessed panel joint cabinet doors are made from five pieces. Check out the build article for more details. Frames use 3 4 thick stock with 1 4 panels in various materials and veneers a general purpose saw blade will do the job although.

The cope and stick recessed cabinet door is used to fabricate the ever popular shaker cabinet door. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. Plywood versus solid wood for recessed panel cabinet doors a discussion of door construction material and methods. Question i always feel that a solid wood panel in a recessed panel cabinet door is better than a plywood panel.

Cabinet shops that turn out raised panel doors rely on heavy duty shapers and cutters or at the very least a router table setup that includes a range of expensive bits. Mark the back of each board so your dado lines up when you assemble your doors. Total cut depth will be 1 2. 1 2 of the panel will slide into the dado on all sides.

And there s more than one way to make cabinet doors. How to build cabinet doors if you cut your dado 1 2 deep it s easy to figure out the math for your doors just add 1 to the width and length of the panel. I recently showed you all the beginning of my laundry room remodel. A panel left and right stiles and top and bottom rails.

This ensures that all your doors match the grade you have selected and that your doors will have a consistent look when installed in. The manufacturing process begins when raw lumber is graded for color and grain consistency. Using the straightforward process detailed here you can crank out great looking doors for many applications including furniture cabinets and built ins.