How To Make Cabinet Doors Without A Router

Cut pieces of scrap 3 4 plywood into 6 3 4 squares.

How to make cabinet doors without a router.

Once you have your panel cut make kreg jig pilot holes following ana s directions. Cabinet doors can make or break the look of your kitchen or bathroom cabinets. Helpful 0 not helpful 0. For many doors you may still need a router and a railand stile router bit set to make the door frames.

1 4 x 8 sheet sanded plywood for the door panels. We have been making our cabinet doors on the router table and it has been working out pretty well. Cut 4 3 squares. How to make shaker cabinet doors without a router.

For more information on making the frames to go with these panels see stile and rail joinery aw 78 february 2000 page 72 and raised panel doors aw 86 april 2001 page 32. A router table is a must to make diy routed cabinet doors. Supplies needed to make tall shaker cabinet doors like mine. I made two on the short ends and three on the long sides.

1 x 4 boards for the rails and stiles. But these are smaller less expensive bits and don t require a 3 hp router. A good millman can make doors with router bits that are equal in quality to shaper made doors. You cannot get the accuracy you need without a router table.

Glue the 4 smaller squares on top of the larger square so that a piece of 3 4 plywood fits snugly but not too snugly in between them. Kreg k 4 pocket hole jig. Make sure you have the kreg jig to the right setting. You will switch the settings when you put on the sides.

A kreg jig makes these shaker style cabinet doors possible without having a router. And while a router lift on your table would make it easier to adjust the bit height it can be done without it i know because i did it. Decide on the final dimension of the cabinet door then calculate the size of your stiles rails and center panel as follows. Kreg face clamps you.

Conscious of operations that you are hand feeding as opposed to using the power feeder and never climb cut on a shaper without a power feeder. Kreg conceled hinge jig and bit. Do not attempt to build a flat or raised panel door without a router table. Make sure these are super square by using your nicely trued up miter saw.