Making Raised Panel Doors Plywood

There are lots of different choices and lots of different hardware considerations but one door style that makers come back to time and time again is the frame and panel door and particularly the raised panel door.

Making raised panel doors plywood.

Cabinets usually need a door or two and deciding on the style of the door can be make or break the appearance of the piece. After choosing your materials pick a profile for the frame and raised panel. In a time where plywood was not an option gluing up the door with the raised panel facing inward was the only option to get a flat panel look on the exterior of the door. Suitable joints would be a small tongue and groove a biscuit spline or dowel.

The panel raises when we apply a second plywood panel framed with molding. Since the edge of plywood is about 50 long grain a butt joint would suffice but alignment would be easier with some other sort of joint. The shakers are probably the best known for flat panel doors except their doors were actually raised panels turned backward. Https ibuildit ca projects plywood door watch how i install this door.

If you are doing raised panels or using solid wood for the panels you must be aware of wood movement and take precautions or else your door could crack with the changing of the seasons. Plywood and mdf are great options for panels as they are stable and easy to come by. For my door i used 1 2 1 27cm inch mdf for the panels. If you ll paint your doors substitute medium density fiberboard mdf for the solid stock and birch veneer plywood for a glass smooth finish.

Plywood slot cutters are laser etched with the size of groove they cut and on which bit of the rail and stile bit sets they are installed.