Making Arched Cabinet Doors

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Making arched cabinet doors.

We receive compensation and appreciate your supporting our channel. My youtube video showing how to make arched cabinet doors easily and quickly. Choose which door to make. Do you want flat panel or raised panel doors.

Constructing a arched cabinet door. When everything sanded smooth take a vacuum to all the doors and then wiped with a dry cloth to remove all dust. We make solid wood panels 3 16 narrower than the rail length to allow room for expansion aligning the template 3 16 below the top edge of the panel keeps the raised field centered in the door. If you re constructing new cabinets for your kitchen you may have been attracted to the arched doors that are so popular today but intimidated by the seeming complexity of the design.

How to make an arched headed frame. Cabinet doors can make or break the look of your kitchen or bathroom cabinets and the longevity of the cabinets. Full overlay partial overlay or inset. Bill ewing developed a quick way to cut arched doors using an adjustable jig that allows him to cut raised panel doors of almost any size.

Cabinet door knob alignment template. Bandsaw or jigsaw to within 1 16 of the lines on the top rail and panel using double faced tape secure the templates to each piece aligned with the outlines you drew earlier. Arches and then make two easy. Yet constructing arched doors is really not.

The secret lies in the workmanship and quality of materials used to make cabinet doors. He says it s best to set design parameters first such as 1 in. Door making router bits industrial quality rattle free from amana tool. The truth is making doors with curved top rails and panels is no more difficult than making any other type of door provided you have the right equipment.

By bill ewing 138 sept oct 1999 issue. Arched top cabinet doors make arched raised panel doors. Make sure all your trim edges and sides are level with the cabinet door to make sure you have no trouble with your doors closing when they are reassembled to the cabinets. How to make great looking kitchen cabinet doors duration.

Pocket hole jig kit. Templates are found under the shop tab. Rockler s cathedral door templates and arched door templates make cutting perfectly shaped arched rails and cathedral style rails and panel quick and easy. Do you want a classic look face frame or modern frameless.

Arched cathedral split panel or some other panel style.