Building Stile And Rail Cabinet Doors

But standard wood glue will also work.

Building stile and rail cabinet doors.

Common rail stile bit options. Measure cabinet door openings carefully. Make sure the rail is even with the end of the stile. In fact that s not the case at all.

These joints feature a decorative profile such as a flat shaker edge a rounder or an ogee that frames the panel and a groove that contains the panel. Slide in the panel. Most cabinet doors have frames that are assembled with rail stile joints also commonly called cope and stick joints. From a simple bevel to a an ornate french provincial profile you can find a set to suit just about any style of cabinet door.

The stiles and rails cut to length and ready to be grooved. In the example above an 18 x 38 cabinet door would have 2 38 vertical stiles and 2 15 horizontal. 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. The drawings below show a sampling of the profiles commonly available.

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. If you are building doors after making the cabinet carcasses measure the actual carcass openings to verify the final sizes of your door rails and stiles. Cut your stiles and rails to length. Again these are easily found at most home improvement stores.

Apply glue to both sides of the groove in one stile and one rail. You can use it with stock sizes of up to an inch and rely on the rail and stile bits to create rail and stile door frames that perfectly match. Unfortunately many hobbyists and weekend woodworkers think that making cabinet doors requires years of woodworking experience. Below we ll take a look at some of the tools and techniques that make building perfect frame and panel doors a process that anyone with a few basic woodworking skills can enjoy.

A 4 x 8 piece is around 25. Push the rail into the stile making sure the top edge of the rail is even with the end of the stile. Savannah paint white paint savannah alder french roast glass door style x alder french roast. For the panel the center of the cabinet door you will use 1 4 red oak plywood.

Apply glue to the tenon of that rail. Remember that cabinet door stiles extend all the way to the top and bottom of a door and the rails fit in between the stiles.