Raised Panel Door Construction Table Saw

What follows is a step by step tutorial in each.

Raised panel door construction table saw.

Use a dado head to groove the stiles and rails. The cleat that holds the toggle clamp is 2 1 4 wide. It s 20 long 13 tall and 6 wide. Raised panels made entirely on the table saw.

This can be a very large cutter due to the size of most raised panel profiles. In our shop at popular woodworking we use at least three different methods to create raised panels for doors and drawer bottoms. A raised panel door jig. The toggle is located 3 up from the bottom of the jig.

This cutter is used on the ends of the rails to cut the mating profile. The cutting width should be 1 4 in. My sled is made from 3 4 baltic birch plywood. 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 strips of wood.

The table saw provides an easy way for you to make raised panel doors. This is a great jig for creating raised panels for cabinet doors a simple to build jig for your table saw. Making raised panel doors on the table saw general woodworking or more correctly cope and stick raised panel doors. Position the saw s rip fence so that the groove will be centered in the frame members.

Replace the tablesaw blade with a stacked dado set. The other method is to use a basic woodworking tool such as a table saw or a rabbet plane and a little bit of cleverness to do the job. Good luck with your cabinet doors and thanks for watching. A negative profile cutter which is the mirror image of the first cutter above.

A raised panel 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. There are many to choose from. All it takes is a simple shop made sled.

This cutter will cut the decorative edge visible on the door front and it will cut the groove needed for the door panel.