Making Shaker Cabinet Doors With A Router

Cabinet doors can be pricey.

Making shaker cabinet doors with a router.

But i still had to make shaker cabinet doors for the big cabinet that i built. In this tutorial i am going to show you how i made shaker style drawer fronts using a router table and rail and stile router bits. Here are four samples that are reminiscent of the shaker design elements. So today we re going to walk you through how to make shaker cabinet doors without a router.

A while back we took a look at the infinity tongue and groove router bit sets for making mission style and shaker style doors. Learn how to build cabinet door frames using a rail and stile router bit set. I ve built them for both my large built in cabinet the tv stand and they were the same style doors i built for our first home. These are simple shaker style cabinet doors and are not very expensive to make but i warn you they are a little time consuming.

How to build shaker style kitchen cabinet doors on a budget i finally had to move on to my final budget friendly option. To make a true shaker style cabinet you need a router but we don t have a router. Just saying all that made me bone tired because i knew it would be a ton of work. And while i was at it i needed to make two doors for a cabinet i have been working on for a friend.

How to inset the doors into a face frame for a high end look if you ve been reading this blog for a while then you ve probably seen me write about building shaker cabinet doors before. If you have a router table it may not be as hard as you think to make your own. Most cabinet doors especially if they are made in a factory have frames tha. Plus there are all kinds of profiles you can cut using the same process with different router bits.

1 3 poplar boards recommended for paint. Use my existing kitchen cabinet doors add shaker trim and paint them blue. I really love the look of shaker style cabinet doors and i wanted to lighten up my hallway since it s so dark up there. We ll use a kreg jig instead.

Build your own new diy cabinet doors with this tutorial.