Making A Raised Panel Door With Router

How to make raised panel doors on a router table a discussion of the basics and the finer points of the process.

Making a raised panel door with router.

Raised panel doors are an example of frame and panel construction a method developed hundreds of years ago to combat the effects of moisture on solid wood used in cabinetry and furniture making. One classic style of door and door construction is to make a raised panel and join the frame with a tongue and groove joint. A couple of things. In a frame and panel construction a large panel is fitted into a groove in the interior edge of a more dimensionally stable frame made of narrow.

Your choice of cutters will depend on whether you own a router table or a shaper. These pieces include 2 piece stile and rail cutters with a horizontal raised panel bit with back cutter. If you are woodworker or cabinetmaker this. Article for this video.

One method is to use a tool that is specially designed to do the job such as a panel raising plane or a panel raising router cutter. 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. 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. The photo below isn t a raised panel but it give you a sense of the door parts.

Not sure what a shaper is. Series by amana tool md502 raised panel door making carbide tipped router bit set the wooden box that contains the 3 piece set is convenient for their storage after use. To make these raised frame and panels you will need a door making cutter set. But the size of these bits up to 3 1 2 in diameter makes them dangerous in a hand held router for safety you should put raised panel bits in a variable speed router mounted to a router table.

Raised panel router bits help you create raised panels for cabinet and passage doors. Use a flat raised panel door for a quality look. You need to realize that this type of cabinet door requires more tools skill and time to create. What is a shaper.

Making raised panel doors on the table saw general woodworking or more correctly cope and stick raised panel doors. However the finished results can be very rewarding if you are willing and ready to step up to the challenge.