How To Build Raised Panel Doors

You also can make raised panel doors with a portable tablesaw.

How to build raised panel doors.

Cut the door panel insert slightly less than the size you need to allow for wood expansion and contraction. 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. Apply glue with a brush to the inside of the stile where the rail meets it and insert the rail tenon. All the methods however fall into two different camps.

The doors i build this way often are referred to as shaker style. Take your time to get the router bits set up correctly test fit everything before gluing and you can produce fine looking doors for any kind of project. Traditional raised panels appear in almost every furniture style since roman times though the way to make them varies wildly. 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.

Begin assembly of the door. Building raised panel doors is mostly an exercise in setup and patience. 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. The center panel which floats in the frame is a raised piece of solid wood a flat piece of plywood also works.

Ordinarily this will be the width of a table saw blade.