Making A Shaker Style Door

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Making a shaker style door.

Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. Shaker style doors add a simple and clean look to your cabinets and add a level of true craftsmanship to your cabinet project. This is pretty simple. Other than the hinges there is no metal just wood and glue.

And while i was at it i needed to make two doors for a cabinet i have been working on for a friend. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. How to build a diy two panel shaker style door materials. At the miter saw cut to length.

As you can see i did a ton of work but it was all worth the effort. A kreg jig makes these shaker style cabinet doors possible without having a router. 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. Your cabinet opening is 17 x 37 so you would want your shaker cabinet door to be 18 x 38.

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. How to build a shaker cabinet door step 1. All you have to do is measure the opening of the cabinet and then add the desired overlap.

Take the height of the door you want and add 1 8 in. You will switch the settings when you put on the sides. But i still had to make shaker cabinet doors for the big cabinet that i built. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy.

Here we show a quick version of the process invo. Shaker doors are some of the simplest to build. Finishing supplies paint brushes sander sandpaper caulk gun step one. But the payoff is huge.

Router with bit. Most people opt for 1 2 inch. I recently showed you all the beginning of my laundry room remodel. For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel.

Figuring the length of the rails is more complicated. Making shaker style doors from your existing doors isn t a difficult process but it will take you some time and sweat equity. I made two on the short ends and three on the long sides. 2 2 x 6 x 10 ft.

Once you have your panel cut make kreg jig pilot holes following ana s directions. Below are all the links to the kitchen series. 3 or more pipe clamps. Boards 1 4 x 8 ft.

Determine the cabinet size. Check out our website for more info. Make sure you have the kreg jig to the right setting. Begin by marking your lumber for rough cutting to length.