Making Panel Cupboard Doors

How to make shaker cabinet doors project directions.

Making panel cupboard doors.

Here are all of the rough cut parts for the eleven doors i ll need. Most slab doors are made of plywood. Mark the back of each board so your dado lines up when you assemble your doors. To finish the cabinets doors i simply applied a coat of general latex primer then lightly sanded with 220 grit sandpaper once it was dry.

And while i was at it i needed to make two doors for a cabinet i have been working on for a friend. Then i applied a high quality latex enamel paint with a small 3 8 nap roller. These are simple shaker style cabinet doors and are not very expensive to make but i warn you they are a little time consuming. Position the hinges on the edges of the door panels and drive the screws to hold them in place.

Use mdf medium density fiberboard on a painted or a covered surface for a wood grain look 1 x research sourcestep 3 use solid wood for a door when you make a panel door. I used three coats of paint to get good coverage and sanded between each coat. If you are using spring loaded cabinet hinges you will need to drill insets for them with a 1 inch or larger spade bit. With all of the upper cabinets for my kitchen made and installed i moved on to making the cabinet doors.

The style i picked is a simple frame and panel with the frame made from solid maple. Total cut depth will be 1 2. Step 1 choose which door to make. 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.

You should consider the need for speed of construction durability ease of cleanup and maintenance step 2 pick the correct material to fit your doors. Frame and panel doors add class to any project but they don t have to add a lot of assembly time. I recently showed you all the beginning of my laundry room remodel. Using the straightforward process detailed here you can crank out great looking doors for many applications including furniture cabinets and built ins.

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. Check out the build article for more details. But i still had to make shaker cabinet doors for the big cabinet that i built. Hold each door in place on the cabinet level it with a torpedo level and attach the hinges to the cabinet.

Set up your miter gauges. The process at least. There are two basic types of cabinet doors slab and flat panel most often chosen. To build a square door the stiles and rails must all be exactly the same length with perfectly square ends.