Glue the rails into place on the door panel.
How do i make a 6 panel door.
Remove the door assembly and take the door out of the casing.
Lay the strips out in pieces if necessary.
Then subtract the widths of both stiles from the total door width then cut the rails to that length plus 3 4 that will make more sense later.
Also called rail and stile doors the advantage of this construction style is that the floating interior panels can shrink and expand with the weather without seriously affecting the overall fit of the door within a cabinet or passageway.
Center the cut or cut from same side of each piece so the dado will be same measurement from face of board.
Super quick tutorial on how we make panelled doors in honduras.
Remember you ll need to do this on both sides of the door.
Place 6 inch wide strips on the door to represent the horizontal center piece and bottom rail.
Set the pre hung six panel door in the rough opening to make sure it fits and to see how it aligns with the rough framing.
When you ve placed all the strips the door should somewhat.
Now cut all four rails to finished length keeping in mind that their length will determine the width of finished door.
Make sure they are all exactly same length.
Frame and panel doors use a form of construction in which large floating panels are held within a framework of horizontal rails and vertical stiles.
Use a cutter that matches your panel thickness.
Clamp one set of rails at a time before moving onto the next set.