Making Raised Panel Interior Doors

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.

Making raised panel interior doors.

This large tool spins a variety of large knives at high. 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. To build raised panel doors you will need a wood shaper. When cutting the panel make sure to allow for additional space for the panel to fit in the groove more on that in the next step.

The client took an integral part in choosing lumber and its location in the door. Interior doors are usually 1 3 8 thick. I needed custom doors for my basement because of the low ceilings. A few other things to note.

Making raised panel doors on the table saw general woodworking or more correctly cope and stick raised panel doors. The door frame is built using loose tenons or dominoes with a panel that floats in a groove in the frame. Clamps clamps and more clamps. Raised panel doors consist of different pieces of wood shaped to fit together.

The lumber that i generally use is 1 inch thick but as my interior door is 1 3 8 inches thick i needed to laminate two boards together to get it to my required thickness. Our barn door kits are diy projects that bring affordable on trend design to any home. I build mine by laminating two pieces of 3 4 thick stock. 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.

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