Making Frame And Panel Doors

The panel may be flat or raised.

Making frame and panel doors. This yields a stronger more stable door frame which has less tendency to warp or distort over time. The door frame is built using loose tenons or dominoes with a panel that floats in a groove in the frame. Here are all of the rough cut parts for the eleven doors i ll need. Raised panels take more work and arched raised panels require the most work.

Clamps clamps and more clamps. Frames use 3 4 thick stock with 1 4 panels in various materials and veneers. Using the straightforward process detailed here you can crank out great looking doors for many applications including furniture cabinets and built ins. Flat panels are the easiest to construct and install.

The process at least. Making a frame and panel door. Interior doors are usually 1 3 8 thick. I build mine by laminating two pieces of 3 4 thick stock.

The basic idea is to capture a floating panel within a sturdy frame as opposed to techniques used in making a slab solid wood cabinet door or drawer front the door is constructed of several solid wood pieces running in a vertical or horizontal direction with exposed endgrains. With all of the upper cabinets for my kitchen made and installed i moved on to making the cabinet doors. The style i picked is a simple frame and panel with the frame made from solid maple. I m not by any means suggesting that my way is the best way.

Frame and panel doors consist of the rails the top and bottom pieces the stiles the side pieces and the panel.