Building Door Panels

This film will teach you how to design construct and upholster your own auto door panels.

Building door panels.

Frame and panel doors add class to any project but they don t have to add a lot of assembly time. How to build a door. In part two we ll build the interior panel and and finish it. Please be light on me as i know i make mistakes.

However with a little instruction and a broad selection of car interior upholstery parts the task is made easier than you might think. This series of videos will walk you through building custom interior door panels. There s a lot of lumber and a lot of weight plus they re bigger. We inserted the panels into the door centering the panels in the opening.

Using the straightforward process detailed here you can crank out great looking doors for many applications including furniture cabinets and built ins. Attach one door handle on the inside and one on the outside sources. Line the panels up side by side and mark were you want to trim them to length. Attach the panels to one another.

Building a show quality interior to match the rest of your build can be a daunting task. Do it yourselfers can build their own panels with a few power tools and glue. Very important that this line is accurate on all 4 pieces. Then we drilled a couterbore and held the panels in place with a fender washer and a 1 kreg screw.

Screw on the hinges when the panels are one on top of the other on the track i e. This is my first instructable and my first try at building my own door. Full size home doors are a project we can all find a place for but they can be intimidating. In this article we ll be building the frame for an interior door from wood.

This is part one of hagan street rods modular door panel system. I marked the line where it needed to be on the panel itself. My door panels use a piece of stainless trim that i wanted to use to separate the smooth vinyl from the rolls pleats. I do think the finished product turned out great materials used were3 2x6 x 8 foot1 2x8 x 8 foot this could be 4 foot 1 2.

Doors should generally be around 1 8 to 3 16 smaller than the frame. If you also need to build or install a frame you will need to take the width of the frame into consideration and because shimming a door frame can add some thickness it is best to wait until after the door frame is installed before building the door or build them. Each panel has three hinges one on each end and one in the center. The first step in making a door is taking measurements.

Build a panel door. I started with the rolls pleated material. Frames use 3 4 thick stock with 1 4 panels in various materials and veneers a general purpose saw blade will do the job although. Building new panels also gives you the option of using higher quality materials.

When removing the old panels be sure to remove all staples and hang on to the clips. Again having the originals as a guide was nice. Roll the panels onto the tracks.