Build the door as a blank and then cut it down on a table saw to make it fit the opening.
Making tongue and groove cabinet doors.
Building shaker style cabinet doors with tongue groove joinery.
With the right bracing a door made from tongue and groove wood is solid and will hold up over the years.
In this instructable i ll show you a foolproof method for how to make tongue and groove shaker cabinet doors on a table saw using a regular blade.
They were actually my first real attempt at tongue and groove joinery and they.
Start by building a door for a 36 inch opening with typical 4 by 96 inch tongue and groove wood.
Phase 2 was to make replacement cabinet doors for her kitchen and laundry area.
If you re interested in making a traditional shaker style door with a raised panel turned to the inside of the cabinet the 61 502 tongue and groove router bit set is what you need.
While perfectly functional the kitchen needed the most attention because it was flat out ugly unless you re a fan of pickle green counter tops and mustard.
Even the center panel was machined using a table saw.
In that video which you can see here i primarily used a table saw to cut the tongue and groove joints for the doors.
Doors come in many variations some have molded edges arched tops or raised solid wood panels but to get started it s a good idea to start with a basic design.
And those doors were built with tongue and groove construction using my table saw.
In this new version i m only using a router table for the tongue and groove joints and the center panel.
The tongue and groove plywood panel door.
Shaker doors tongue groove.
These doors were to be made with the same style as the vanity cabinet doors i had made previously.
How to make tongue groove cabinet doors video transcript.
The 61 502 tongue and groove router bit sets creates a 1 4 wide groove for the door panel.
When you learn how to make cabinet doors you will have mastered one of the basic skills in woodworking.
You only need a table saw and a few other supplies to build these doors but it s really important that the stock you use for the door frames is flat and straight.
This bit also allows for a miniscule amount extra room in the groove for panel movement.
We used a stile rail cabinet door cutter set for 1 3 8 to 1 3 4 inch material to mill a tongue and corresponding groove for our door styles rails and door panels.