Cutting Cabinet Doors Table Saw

Position the square or straight edge against the base plate of the saw and parallel with the.

Cutting cabinet doors table saw.

Tongue and groove next set the table saw fence to 1 2 inch over the blade. If you have some experience using a table saw then building your own cabinet doors won t be too difficult. The stiles and rails cut to length and ready to be grooved. 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.

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 don t need any special jigs just your saw large or small a miter gauge and a sharp blade. By the diy experts of the family handyman magazine. If you ve got a table saw here s a new way to put it to work.

Whether you make a single door or many using this technique you ll need a stacked dado set in addition to a finish cutting combination blade for your table saw. Set the height to 1 4 inch. 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. Material from a home center will be fine.

I used the table saw instead for all of the joinery. The best part is that you can build cabinet doors with just a table saw and a couple saw blades a standard blade and a dado blade. Hold the saw in place at the edge of the door with the front edge of the blade on the cutting line. For best results the wood you use to build doors should be free of knots warps twists and checks.

Cut your rails and styles to length. Run the ends of the rails cross cutting through the blade. And you don t need any specially prepared wood. I frequently use poplar shown here for doors that will be painted.

Use a circular saw with guide track to make cutting plywood quick and easy.