Raised Panel Doors On Router Table

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

Raised panel doors on router table.

Because the panel is run vertically along the router table fence the bit has a small cut radius compared to a horizontal bit. For most rail and style router bit sets a 5 8 inch thick panel will sit in it slots in the frame and be flush with the rails and styles that s what you re aiming for. But there is one hitch. 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.

Then trim the panel to its final dimensions. Article for this video. Most router table openings measure under 2 in diameter. If you are woodworker or cabinetmaker this.

For safety you should put raised panel bits in a variable speed router mounted to a router table. Any competent craftsman can do high quality ra. Next you need to lay out the filled area of your panel. Making raised panel doors with a table saw video transcript.

Raised panel router bits help you create raised panels for cabinet and passage doors. Vertical raised panel bits are a good option for smaller router router table set ups. But the size of these bits up to 3 1 2 in diameter makes them dangerous in a hand held router. There is a mystique about raised panel work which is silly as the whole process is really easy and very quick.

A couple of things. Cabinet shops that turn out raised panel doors rely on heavy duty shapers and cutters or at the very least a router table setup that includes a range of expensive bits. A large one generally 3 hp hung in a router table plus a set of specialized bits. The doors i build this way often are referred to as shaker style.