Raised Panel Doors On Router Table

There is a mystique about raised panel work which is silly as the whole process is really easy and very quick.

Raised panel doors on router table.

For safety you should put raised panel bits in a variable speed router mounted to a router table. The whole setup will cost 350 to 800 and is money well spent if you re going to make a whole kitchen full of doors. Next you need to lay out the filled area of your panel. Because the panel is run vertically along the router table fence the bit has a small cut radius compared to a horizontal bit.

Raised panel router bits help you create raised panels for cabinet and passage doors. If you are woodworker or cabinetmaker this. A large one generally 3 hp hung in a router table plus a set of specialized bits. How to make raised panel doors on a router table a discussion of the basics and the finer points of the process.

Any competent craftsman can do high quality ra. Most router table openings measure under 2 in diameter. Making raised panel doors with a table saw video transcript. A couple of things.

By george vondriska the tool of choice for most small shop woodworkers who want to make raised panels is the router. For most rail and style router bit sets a 5 8 inch thick panel will sit in it slots in the frame and be flush with the rails and styles that s what you re aiming for. Vertical raised panel bits are a good option for smaller router router table set ups. The doors i build this way often are referred to as shaker style.

You also can make raised panel doors with a portable tablesaw. The small cut diameter of the bit makes it a safer tool for routers under 1 1 2 hp and routers with no speed adjustment feature. Then trim the panel to its final dimensions. But the size of these bits up to 3 1 2 in diameter makes them dangerous in a hand held router.