While perfectly functional the kitchen needed the most attention because it was flat out ugly unless you re a fan of pickle green counter tops and mustard.
Making tongue and groove cabinet doors.
Kate and i bought our new house in february 2018 and spent the entire month of march renovating it.
I m going to show you how to build one of my cabinet doors so you can take the idea and run with it for your cabinet projects.
Build the door as a blank and then cut it down on a table saw to make it fit the opening.
Building shaker style cabinet doors with tongue groove joinery.
Phase 2 was to make replacement cabinet doors for her kitchen and laundry area.
And those doors were built with tongue and groove construction using my table saw.
With the right bracing a door made from tongue and groove wood is solid and will hold up over the years.
Start by building a door for a 36 inch opening with typical 4 by 96 inch tongue and groove wood.
The 61 502 tongue and groove router bit sets creates a 1 4 wide groove for the door panel.
If you re interested in making a traditional shaker style door with a raised panel turned to the inside of the cabinet the 61 502 tongue and groove router bit set is what you need.
They were actually my first real attempt at tongue and groove joinery and they.
Even the center panel was machined using a table saw.
We used a stile rail cabinet door cutter set for 1 3 8 to 1 3 4 inch material to mill a tongue and corresponding groove for our door styles rails and door panels.
Shaker doors tongue groove.
You only need a table saw and a few other supplies to build these doors but it s really important that the stock you use for the door frames is flat and straight.
Doors come in many variations some have molded edges arched tops or raised solid wood panels but to get started it s a good idea to start with a basic design.
When you learn how to make cabinet doors you will have mastered one of the basic skills in woodworking.
The tongue and groove plywood panel door.
How to make tongue groove cabinet doors video transcript.
This bit also allows for a miniscule amount extra room in the groove for panel movement.
No jigs or dado stack required.
In that video which you can see here i primarily used a table saw to cut the tongue and groove joints for the doors.