How To Build Raised Panel Doors With Table Saw

Cove on the front.

How to build raised panel doors with table saw.

Cabinet shops that turn out raised panel doors rely on heavy duty shapers and cutters or at the very least a router table setup that includes a range of expensive bits. There are lots of different choices and lots of different hardware considerations but one door style that makers come back to time and time again is the frame and panel door and particularly the raised panel door. For our doors we planed the panels to 13 16 in. The table saw provides an easy way for you to make raised panel doors.

Making raised panel doors with a table saw video transcript. All it takes is a simple shop made sled. The toggle is located 3 up from the bottom of the jig. For most door frames this will make the outside surface of the panel slightly below or flush with the frame which will make sanding the doors much easier.

The other method is to use a basic woodworking tool such as a table saw or a rabbet plane and a little bit of cleverness to do the job. In our shop at popular woodworking we use at least three different methods to create raised panels for doors and drawer bottoms. What follows is a step by step tutorial in each. My sled is made from 3 4 baltic birch plywood.

You also can make raised panel doors with a portable tablesaw. Thick and cut a profile that had a 1 4 in. For standard rectangular raised panels all you really need is the saw blades you already own and you don t need a big table saw either. In this video i m going to show you how to make raised panels like this using a table saw in a standard combination blade.

It s 20 long 13 tall and 6 wide. I did this originally long ago back when i couldn t afford to buy the bit set or the heavier router needed to use them that is normally used to make these doors. The cleat that holds the toggle clamp is 2 1 4 wide. Cove on the back and a 7 16 in.