Building Stile And Rail Cabinet Doors

Apply glue to the tenon of that rail.

Building stile and rail cabinet doors.

In fact that s not the case at all. The stiles and rails cut to length and ready to be grooved. Remember that cabinet door stiles extend all the way to the top and bottom of a door and the rails fit in between the stiles. Common rail stile bit options.

You can use it with stock sizes of up to an inch and rely on the rail and stile bits to create rail and stile door frames that perfectly match. As an alternative to the two bit set several manufacturers also offer a single bit option. Make sure the rail is even with the end of the stile. Again these are easily found at most home improvement stores.

Slide in the panel. These joints feature a decorative profile such as a flat shaker edge a rounder or an ogee that frames the panel and a groove that contains the panel. In the example above an 18 x 38 cabinet door would have 2 38 vertical stiles and 2 15 horizontal. The drawings below show a sampling of the profiles commonly available.

Building cabinet doors is easy when you have a rail and stile router. Apply glue to both sides of the groove in one stile and one rail. A 4 x 8 piece is around 25. 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.

Unfortunately many hobbyists and weekend woodworkers think that making cabinet doors requires years of woodworking experience. Measure cabinet door openings carefully. The yonico 12335 cabinet set comes at a very affordable price but still allows you to create professional and stellar raised panel cabinet doors. 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.

If you are building doors after making the cabinet carcasses measure the actual carcass openings to verify the final sizes of your door rails and stiles. Most cabinet doors have frames that are assembled with rail stile joints also commonly called cope and stick joints. Cut your stiles and rails to length. But standard wood glue will also work.

From a simple bevel to a an ornate french provincial profile you can find a set to suit just about any style of cabinet door. Push the rail into the stile making sure the top edge of the rail is even with the end of the stile.