Making Raised Panel Doors On A Router Table

There is a mystique about raised panel work which is silly as the whole process is really easy and very quick.

Making raised panel doors on a router table.

Any competent craftsman can do high quality ra. Jack gordon june 11 2019 0 comments. Making raised panel doors on the table saw general woodworking or more correctly cope and stick raised panel doors. A raised panel floats in the grooves along the stiles and rails.

But there is one hitch. The vertical stiles and horizontal rails that make up the frame have square rather than contoured edges. Poplar raised panels for a ceiling in a home bar. For safety you should put raised panel bits in a variable speed router mounted to a router table.

The center panel which floats in the frame is a raised piece of solid wood a flat piece of plywood also works. The purpose of this construction is to allow for expansion and contraction across the width of the panel without splitting the door or affecting its size which is fixed by the stiles and rails. 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. Most router table openings measure under 2 in diameter.

The tool of choice for most small shop woodworkers who want to make raised panels is the router. Raised panel router bits help you create raised panels for cabinet and passage doors. The whole setup will cost 350 to 800 and is money well spent if you re going to make a whole kitchen full of doors. The doors i build this way often are referred to as shaker style.

You also can make raised panel doors with a portable tablesaw.