Making Raised Panel Doors

All the methods however fall into two different camps.

Making raised panel doors.

One method is to use a tool that is specially designed to do the job such as a panel raising plane or a panel raising router cutter. I was wondering if you could tell me manufacturer of router bits. You were using a bit set that i purchased on craigslist. Learn a new way to make beautiful raised panel doors.

I watched your video making raised panel doors uploaded on oct 11 2007. The vertical stiles and horizontal rails that make up the frame have square rather than contoured edges. If you are doing raised panels or using solid wood for the panels you must be aware of wood movement and take precautions or else your door could crack with the changing of the seasons. 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.

Accuracy and consistency of width assures a good fit. We ll show you the best tips techniques and tools to make doors quickly and easily without expensive panel raising bits. Http www ibuildit ca woodworking 20projects raised panel doors html the tenon jig. The center panel which floats in the frame is a raised piece of solid wood a flat piece of plywood also works.

There is a mystique about raised panel work which is silly as the whole process is really easy and very quick. 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. It didn t come with any information. 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.

Also could you tell me manufactured of router fence you used. 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. Any competent craftsman can do high quality ra. Plywood and mdf are great options for panels as they are stable and easy to come by.

Panel doors consist of two stiles side pieces and two rails top and bottom along with a panel that sits between them. The doors i build this way often are referred to as shaker style. For my door i used 1 2 1 27cm inch mdf for the panels. 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.