Cutting Cabinet Doors Table Saw

I frequently use poplar shown here for doors that will be painted.

Cutting cabinet doors table saw.

Position the square or straight edge against the base plate of the saw and parallel with the. Use a circular saw with guide track to make cutting plywood quick and easy. 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. Hold the saw in place at the edge of the door with the front edge of the blade on the cutting line.

By the diy experts of the family handyman magazine. Material from a home center will be fine. 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. I used the table saw instead for all of the joinery.

You don t need any special jigs just your saw large or small a miter gauge and a sharp 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. 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. Tongue and groove next set the table saw fence to 1 2 inch over the blade.

If you have some experience using a table saw then building your own cabinet doors won t be too difficult. Cut your rails and styles to length. Run the ends of the rails cross cutting through the blade. The stiles and rails cut to length and ready to be grooved.

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. Cut your center panel out of 1 2 plywood. 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.

These doors were going to be pretty plain and simple so there wasn t a need to use the router.