Making Shaker Cabinet Doors With A Router

Learn how to build cabinet door frames using a rail and stile router bit set.

Making shaker cabinet doors with a router.

A while back we took a look at the infinity tongue and groove router bit sets for making mission style and shaker style doors. Instead of gel staining or chalk painting these ones i decided to just get rid of the oak doors and to make shaker cabinet doors on my own and i didn t even use a router. If you have a router table it may not be as hard as you think to make your own. Use my existing kitchen cabinet doors add shaker trim and paint them blue.

Plus there are all kinds of profiles you can cut using the same process with different router bits. This design uses typical tools from your work shop without expensive cabinet making router bits. I ve built them for both my large built in cabinet the tv stand and they were the same style doors i built for our first home. How to build shaker style kitchen cabinet doors on a budget i finally had to move on to my final budget friendly option.

And while i was at it i needed to make two doors for a cabinet i have been working on for a friend. So today we re going to walk you through how to make shaker cabinet doors without a router. Just saying all that made me bone tired because i knew it would be a ton of work. But i still had to make shaker cabinet doors for the big cabinet that i built.

To make a true shaker style cabinet you need a router but we don t have a router. In this tutorial i am going to show you how i made shaker style drawer fronts using a router table and rail and stile router bits. 1 3 poplar boards recommended for paint. Most cabinet doors especially if they are made in a factory have frames tha.

How to inset the doors into a face frame for a high end look if you ve been reading this blog for a while then you ve probably seen me write about building shaker cabinet doors before. Here are four samples that are reminiscent of the shaker design elements. Cabinet doors can be pricey. We ll use a kreg jig instead.

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