Making Shaker Cabinet Doors With A Table Saw

To even up the ends of the door cut 1 16 in.

Making shaker cabinet doors with a table saw.

Shaker doors get their name from the center part of the door being made from 1 4 inch plywood. You can use either solid wood or plywood in oak or birch. And if you are starting with wood that is already surfaced and squared then you can build the entire door with just a table saw and miter saw. Euro or cup hinges are the easiest most forgiving means of hanging your new cabinet doors.

From each end using the table saw. The wood can be any that is available. Get help with the hinges. Although you can create the grooves for tenons using a router saw as well.

Making simple frame and panel cabinet doors is fairly easy and the thing i like best is you can do this either on the table saw or a router table. Other than the hinges there is no metal just wood and glue. When making cabinet doors for european style cabinets the doors will be the same height as the cabinet box. The most attractive aspect of shaker doors is the ease with which they can be made.

Shaker style doors add a simple and clean look to your cabinets and add a level of true craftsmanship to your cabinet project. These doors were going to be pretty plain and simple so there wasn t a need to use the router. For this article i m going to show you how to build shaker style cabinet doors using a table saw. A router in a router table or a shaper is probably the most common tool for cutting cabinet door joinery as you can achieve a wide variety of profiles but it can also get a little expensive.

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. You also have to hang them. Building shaker cabinet doors is only part of the story. However you could make the grooves and tenons using a router table just as easily.

I used the table saw instead for all of the joinery.