Making A Shaker Style Door

Figuring the length of the rails is more complicated.

Making a shaker style door.

2 2 x 6 x 10 ft. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. Make sure you have the kreg jig to the right setting. How to build a diy two panel shaker style door materials.

Once you have your panel cut make kreg jig pilot holes following ana s directions. But the payoff is huge. I made two on the short ends and three on the long sides. Now sit back and marvel at the fact that you just made a shaker style frame and panel door.

Begin by marking your lumber for rough cutting to length. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. A kreg jig makes these shaker style cabinet doors possible without having a router.

Shaker style doors add a simple and clean look to your cabinets and add a level of true craftsmanship to your cabinet project. Take the height of the door you want and add 1 8 in. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy. Check out our website for more info.

Determine the cabinet size. Making a shaker style door. At the miter saw cut to length. 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. 3 or more pipe clamps. This is pretty simple. Here we show a quick version of the process invo.

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. As you can see i did a ton of work but it was all worth the effort. Boards 1 4 x 8 ft.

Router with bit. These are simple shaker style cabinet doors and are not very expensive to make but i warn you they are a little time consuming. 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.

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. For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel. Below are all the links to the kitchen series. Your cabinet opening is 17 x 37 so you would want your shaker cabinet door to be 18 x 38.

And while i was at it i needed to make two doors for a cabinet i have been working on for a friend. Sheet of hardboard. Most people opt for 1 2 inch. Finishing supplies paint brushes sander sandpaper caulk gun step one.