Cutting Cabinet Doors Table Saw

Cut your center panel out of 1 2 plywood.

Cutting cabinet doors table saw.

Run the ends of the rails cross cutting through the blade. I frequently use poplar shown here for doors that will be painted. The width depends on whether it s a single or double door cabinet with a single door spanning the full width of the box and double doors only half the width. Material from a home center will be fine.

These doors were going to be pretty plain and simple so there wasn t a need to use the router. When building cabinet doors for a face frame cabinet the doors need to be 1 wider and 1 taller than the opening in the face. Set the height to 1 4 inch. If you ve got a table saw here s a new way to put it to work.

If you have some experience using a table saw then building your own cabinet doors won t be too difficult. The best part is that you can build cabinet doors with just a table saw and a couple saw blades a standard blade and a dado blade. Hold the saw in place at the edge of the door with the front edge of the blade on the cutting line. Use a circular saw with guide track to make cutting plywood quick and easy.

Cut center panel to the final height of the cabinet door minus the rails width x2 and the width of the cabinet door minus the stiles width x2 step 1. For best results the wood you use to build doors should be free of knots warps twists and checks. And you don t need any specially prepared wood. Position the square or straight edge against the base plate of the saw and parallel with the.

The stiles and rails cut to length and ready to be grooved. Tongue and groove next set the table saw fence to 1 2 inch over the blade. Whether you make a single door or many using this technique you ll need a stacked dado set in addition to a finish cutting combination blade for your table saw. You don t need any special jigs just your saw large or small a miter gauge and a sharp blade.

Cut your rails and styles to length.