How To Build Raised Panel Doors With Table Saw

3 measure the exact thickness of your main panel c and make cuts 3 and 4 on your tablesaw.

How to build raised panel doors with table saw.

The cutting width should be 1 4 in. Adjust the cutting height to 3 8 in. This process is based on the traditional method for cutting coved moldings on the tablesaw but we ve adapted it for making raised panels. Learn a new way to make beautiful raised panel doors.

Base your door dimensions on the size of the cabinet opening. Rotate the panel 90 degrees and make a long grain cut. Position the saw s rip fence so that the groove will be centered in the frame members. I did this originally long ago back when i couldn t afford to buy the bit set or the heavier router needed to use them that is normally used to make these doors.

When you re done with the first bevel cut clear away the waste piece reclamp the runner and cut the other end of the panel. You clamp an auxiliary fence at an angle to your blade and feed the panel over the blade repeatedly taking off only a little at a time until you get the profile you want. Making raised panel doors on the table saw general woodworking or more correctly cope and stick raised panel doors. The edge of the panel should slip into the groove in the rails and stiles about 1 8.

Use a dado head to groove the stiles and rails. Continue the process on the remaining edges. Again if you re making several panels of the same size use a stop block to make consistent cuts. Sand the saw marks off the surfaces and you ll have a beautiful and easy to make raised panel.

Replace the tablesaw blade with a stacked dado set.