Making Wood Door Panels

Take your 1 by 4 inches 2 5 cm 10 2 cm strips of wood and use a circular saw or handsaw to cut them to the height of your door.

Making wood door panels.

Crosscut them to length leaving them somewhat oversized. Cut 1 by 4 inches 2 5 cm 10 2 cm boards to the height of your door. The rail length b equals the door width minus two times the stile width c plus 3 4 for the two 3 8 tenons. Https youtu be 4q8uvmyp0jo i have seven of these to make f.

Https ibuildit ca projects plywood door watch how i install this door. I worked on this project for some days i show you how i did all the process. Most interior doors today are made from a material called masonite which is a kind of wood fiberboard that is steam cooked and pressure molded onto a thin wood frame to create a slab door that has an appearance of a door with rails stiles and panels. Then figure the part sizes as follows.

Clamps clamps and more clamps interior doors are usually 1 3 8 thick. This is what most door. Rip the rails and stiles to width per the cut list. The benefit of these doors is that they are cheap stable and easy to paint.

The door frame is built using loose tenons or dominoes with a panel that floats in a groove in the frame. To size an inset door for a specific opening first subtract 1 8 from the size of the opening to allow a 1 16 reveal around the door. The length of the stiles a equals the door height. If you are planning to stain your door choose lumber and plywood with a similar grain pattern.

How to make the parts of a cabinet door mill the stock to 3 4 thickness for the stiles and rails and to 5 8 thickness for the panel. Cut out 2 pieces of wood for each side of your door and lay them on the floor. Video of the day volume 0. You will trim them flush in.

I build mine by laminating two pieces of 3 4 thick stock.