Making Your Own Shaker Cabinet Doors

Take the height of the door you want and add 1 8 in.

Making your own shaker cabinet doors.

Once you have your panel cut make kreg jig pilot holes following ana s directions. How to build shaker style kitchen cabinet doors on a budget. Just saying all that made me bone tired because i knew it would be a ton of work. I have been making a lot of cabinet doors recently and in this video i show you my method for how to make shaker cabinet doors.

Making simple frame and panel cabinet doors is fairly easy and the thing i like best is you can do this either on the table saw or a router table. For this article i m going to show you how to build shaker style cabinet doors using a table saw. However you could make the grooves and tenons using a router table just as easily. It took about 15 minutes to make each door not including the time it took for the glue to dry.

Stiles will run the entire height of the cabinet door and rails run between the length of the stiles. To create the panel and frame cabinet doors you are going to need to create two rails two stiles and a single panel for each door. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. I finally had to move on to my final budget friendly option.

You need to remove the cabinet doors and the hinges from all the doors. Although you can create the grooves for tenons using a router saw as well. Sand the front of the door to remove old lacquer dirt or paint. I made two on the short ends and three on the long sides.

Other than the hinges there is no metal just wood and glue. Simply sand and stain or paint your shaker cabinet door add some awesome cabinet handles and hinges and you are good to go. Diy shaker cabinet doors is a project that requires some initial planning. Figuring the length of the rails is more complicated.

And if you are starting with wood that is already surfaced and squared then you can build the entire door with just a table saw and miter saw. Cost per door is around 20 you can get about 6 center panels from each sheet of plywood. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy. Shaker style doors add a simple and clean look to your cabinets and add a level of true craftsmanship to your cabinet project.

A kreg jig makes these shaker style cabinet doors possible without having a router. Sizing the cabinet doors. You need some space to work preferably in the garage or the yard. Make sure you have the kreg jig to the right setting.