Making A Shaker Style Door

And if you are starting with wood that is already surfaced and squared then you can build the entire door with just a table saw and miter saw.

Making a shaker style door.

At the miter saw cut to length. Figuring the length of the rails is more complicated. Make sure you have the kreg jig to the right setting. Determine the cabinet size.

For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel. A kreg jig makes these shaker style cabinet doors possible without having a router. Begin by marking your lumber for rough cutting to length. You will switch the settings when you put on the sides.

How to build a diy two panel shaker style door materials. Your cabinet opening is 17 x 37 so you would want your shaker cabinet door to be 18 x 38. Most people opt for 1 2 inch. Router with bit.

All you have to do is measure the opening of the cabinet and then add the desired overlap. Sheet of hardboard. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. I recently showed you all the beginning of my laundry room remodel.

Making shaker style doors from your existing doors isn t a difficult process but it will take you some time and sweat equity. Now sit back and marvel at the fact that you just made a shaker style frame and panel door. Making a shaker style door. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy.

Shaker style doors add a simple and clean look to your cabinets and add a level of true craftsmanship to your cabinet project. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. 2 2 x 6 x 10 ft. If you re starting with lumber that has already been surfaced and squared for example from a big box store you can skip straight to x but if you re like me and beginning with rough lumber then proceed below.

As you can see i did a ton of work but it was all worth the effort. Here we show a quick version of the process invo. Boards 1 4 x 8 ft. Check out our website for more info.

I made two on the short ends and three on the long sides. Finishing supplies paint brushes sander sandpaper caulk gun step one. Shaker doors are some of the simplest to build. Take the height of the door you want and add 1 8 in.

Below are all the links to the kitchen series. But the payoff is huge. Once you have your panel cut make kreg jig pilot holes following ana s directions. But i still had to make shaker cabinet doors for the big cabinet that i built.

Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. This is pretty simple. These are simple shaker style cabinet doors and are not very expensive to make but i warn you they are a little time consuming. 3 or more pipe clamps.