Making Beaded Cabinet Doors

Some beaded grooves have a rounded edge for a softer appearance while others have a more angular straight edge.

Making beaded cabinet doors.

I am making the doors on my home kitchen cabinets and my wife has her mind set on a flat recessed panel door with an 1 8 bead on the inside edge of the stile and rail with an edge treatment some form of ogee most likely around the perimeter of the door. 1 4 easy or 3 8 more difficult mdf. I wanted to accomplish a lot in this room new flooring new paint stackable laundry basket storage new cabinet doors shelving tile and more so i had to get creative i found a way to build cabinet doors for only 2 a piece by using inexpensive wood and beadboard i had leftover from our closet sliding barn doors. In this tutorial i m using the beadlock basic starter kit from rockler which includes a 3 8 drill bit and drilling jig.

It works best for me to cut with the slot of the. I machine my beads grooves with 2 1 4 dado chippers i. We offer a variety of doors that come standard with a beaded panel but many of our door styles can be upgraded with an optional beaded panel. Building a pair of beaded reversed raised panel doors for a corner cabinet for my sister in law.

All posts cabinet making 101 cabinets i love the look of beaded face frames. Question any suggestions for a painted beaded panel inside a shaker frame. I recently showed you all the beginning of my laundry room remodel. Measure from the outside edges to the beginning of the rollover or bead.

I used sony vegas movie studio 11hd to edit this video. And while i was at it i needed to make two doors for a cabinet i have been working on for a friend. Cabinet doors can make or break the look of your kitchen or bathroom cabinets and the longevity of the cabinets. Forum responses cabinetmaking forum from contributor h.

1 4 5 6mm looks about right for the average sized cabinet door. To build cabinet doors you need a table saw or router table to cut the groove for your panel to sit in. A flat door panel will usually be made from 25 inch 6 mm. My initial thought was to make a mitered door making the inside bead easy by routing it.

Info on buying or making mdf beaded stock for cabinet door panels. Beaded panels provide either a single or double groove routed into the panel of a door. Adding that small detail intimidated me for a good long while but i finally decided to take on the challenge with my kitchen remodel. These are simple shaker style cabinet doors and are not very expensive to make but i warn you they are a little time consuming.

Read more about how to build cabinet doors with beadlock mortise and tenons. The block of wood acts as the fence and the screw head perhaps sharpened a bit is the cutting edge. But i still had to make shaker cabinet doors for the big cabinet that i built. A budget of only 100 means you do not have a lot of money for each project.

Subtract that distance from the total height and width of the door. You also need to order the 3 8 tennon stock.