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Construct Shaker-Style Doors

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DIY BUILT-IN MUDROOM LOCKERS

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What happens here

Cut 1x3 select pine into appropriate lengths for the stiles (vertical pieces) and rails (horizontal pieces) of the shaker-style doors. Use a router table with specialized stile and rail bits to create matching tongue-and-groove profiles on the ends of the rails and along the inside edges of both stiles and rails. These profiles will interlock like puzzle pieces. Cut thin 1/4-inch plywood panels to fit inside the routed grooves. Apply wood glue to the joints and assemble the door frames around the plywood panels. Use clamps to hold the doors square while the glue dries. After drying, sand the doors smooth and fill any minor gaps or imperfections with wood filler.

Goal: Cut pine stiles and rails for shaker-style door frames, use a router table to create tongue-and-groove joints, assemble the frames with plywood panels, and finish with sanding and wood filler.

Tools and materials

  • Clamps
  • Miter Saw
  • Orbital Sander
  • Router Table
  • Stile and Rail Router Bit Set
  • Table Saw
  • 1/4-inch Plywood
  • 1x3 Select Pine
  • Wood Filler
  • Wood Glue

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right we're gonna start building our cabinet doors these are dimensions these are the rails these are called the styles when they go up and down like that the material that we're gonna be using is one by three and a select pine just because i think it's like a buck cheaper than poplar i have a good feeling it's going to be enough but we might have to return some and i'm okay with that did we miss anything i think that's all the cuts oh we still got six boards that's like 60 70 bucks so we just say oh we are saving money folks we're gonna use a router bit these are a kit that comes with it one creates the style the other one creates the rail they're gonna lock in like a puzzle [Music] piece [Music] typically you don't glue the center panel because it's raised but this is plywood plywood doesn't really have any wood movement yeah you're gonna have some holes yeah it's some joints aren't that perfect it's okay wood filler it's gonna fix it all all right just nobody cry there's a solution we'll get through it

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