Making Shaker Cabinet Doors With A Router

It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in.

Making shaker cabinet doors with a router. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. I ve built them for both my large built in cabinet the tv stand and they were the same style. A router table is a must to make diy routed cabinet doors. For a diy shaker cabinet door i used these cabinet router bits.

In this tutorial i am going to show you how i made shaker style drawer fronts using a router table and rail and stile router bits. And while i was at it i needed to make two doors for a cabinet i have been working on for a friend. How to build shaker cabinet doors with a router how to inset the doors into a face frame for a high end look. Here s a classic way to put together a strong good looking door without making any unsightly holes.

Diy shaker style cabinet doors. Cabinet doors can be pricey. I recently showed you all the beginning of my laundry room remodel. We ve lived in this house for 13 years and it was the same as when we first moved in sigh.

Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. Plus there are all kinds of profiles you can cut using the same process with different router bits. And while a router lift on your table would make it easier to adjust the bit height it can be done without it i know because i did it. I have been busy remodeling my hallway upstairs.

Rail and stile joints also referred to as cope and stick joints feature a frame profile that. 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. But i still had to make shaker cabinet doors for the big cabinet that i built. If you ve been reading this blog for a while then you ve probably seen me write about building shaker cabinet doors before.

The clean but distinctive look of shaker cabinets make them a popular style choice. These are simple shaker style cabinet doors and are not very expensive to make but i warn you they are a little time consuming. If you have a router table it may not be as hard as you think to make your own. They are simple in appearance and simple to make with minimal woodworking equipment.

The steps in making shaker cabinet doors are the same whether using a basic table saw or modern moulders and computerized assembly equipment.