Making Raised Panel Entry Doors

Making raised panel doors on the table saw general woodworking or more correctly cope and stick raised panel doors.

Making raised panel entry doors.

To create the raised panels i used a standard profile raised panel router bit 90 502. Ogee shaker and mission. After the glue has dried and you ve removed the clamps construct a series of raised panels and fit them between the rails and stiles of the exterior door frame. Each set includes our 2 piece factory matched rail and stile cutters as well as a raised panel router bit in the corresponding profile.

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. 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. These unique router bit sets let you build your own 1 3 8 interior 1 3 4 exterior doors. In part two we ll build the interior panel and and finish it.

To prove that you don t need expensive cutters to make handsome doors we made the beautiful raised panel doors above using only three common router bits. Use machined molding to hold the panels in place. Learn a new way to make beautiful raised panel doors. Full size home doors are a project we can all find a place for but they can be intimidating.

I did this originally long ago back when i couldn t afford to buy the bit set or the heavier router needed to use them that is normally used to make these doors. The rail and stile rou. These sets are offered in three different profiles. In this article we ll be building the frame for an interior door from wood.

How to build a door. There s a lot of lumber and a lot of weight plus they re bigger. There are lots of different choices and lots of different hardware considerations but one door style that makers come back to time and time again is the frame and panel door and particularly the raised panel door. You can construct single raised panels out of thicker wood or pairs made out of thinner wood.

We ll show you the best tips techniques and tools to make doors quickly and easily without expensive panel raising bits. I chose the shaker profile 91 525 to create the rails and stiles of the doors. 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.