Building Stile And Rail Cabinet Doors

Slide in the panel.

Building stile and rail cabinet doors.

Apply glue to the tenon of that rail. Apply glue to both sides of the groove in one stile and one rail. Savannah paint white paint savannah alder french roast glass door style x alder french roast. Push the rail into the stile making sure the top edge of the rail is even with the end of the stile.

For the panel the center of the cabinet door you will use 1 4 red oak plywood. The stiles and rails cut to length and ready to be grooved. A 4 x 8 piece is around 25. Make sure the rail is even with the end of the stile.

Again these are easily found at most home improvement stores. As an alternative to the two bit set several manufacturers also offer a single bit option. If you are building doors after making the cabinet carcasses measure the actual carcass openings to verify the final sizes of your door rails and stiles. The width depends on whether it s a single or double door cabinet with a single door spanning the full width of the box and double doors only half the width.

The yonico 12335 cabinet set comes at a very affordable price but still allows you to create professional and stellar raised panel cabinet doors. In the example above an 18 x 38 cabinet door would have 2 38 vertical stiles and 2 15 horizontal. Cut your stiles and rails to length. Common rail stile bit options.

Measure cabinet door openings carefully. From a simple bevel to a an ornate french provincial profile you can find a set to suit just about any style of cabinet door. Most cabinet doors have frames that are assembled with rail stile joints also commonly called cope and stick joints. But standard wood glue will also work.

Unfortunately many hobbyists and weekend woodworkers think that making cabinet doors requires years of woodworking experience. In fact that s not the case at all. Remember that cabinet door stiles extend all the way to the top and bottom of a door and the rails fit in between the stiles. These joints feature a decorative profile such as a flat shaker edge a rounder or an ogee that frames the panel and a groove that contains the panel.

Below we ll take a look at some of the tools and techniques that make building perfect frame and panel doors a process that anyone with a few basic woodworking skills can enjoy. Building cabinet doors is easy when you have a rail and stile router.