Making Arch Top Raised Panel Doors

Step 2 calculating the length of the rails.

Making arch top raised panel doors.

An arched top raised panel door in ten steps step 1 selecting and preparing the stock. Arches and then make two easy to build accurate templates one for the rail and one for the panel. The truth is making doors with curved top rails and panels is no more difficult than making any other type of door provided you have the right equipment. This is what most door cutter sets are.

Building raised panel arched cabinet doors. But many intermediate woodworkers consider them out of their league. Mill the stock to 3 4 thickness for the stiles and rails and to 5 8 thickness for the panel. Rout the grooves and raise the panel.

Then saw the arch and smooth the surface as you did on the top rail. Sommerfeld s tools for wood arched raised panels made easy with marc sommerfeld part 2 duration. Arched raised panels prep the parts and cope the rails. The first step in making a frame and panel door is to select and prepare the.

How to make arched cabinet doors easily. He says it s best to set design parameters first such as 1 in. After ripping the panel to width square the lower end and draw the arch at the top. Template sets contain a number of paired templates to suit a variety of door widths.

Rip the rails and stiles to width per the cut list. Center the rail templated on the back face of the top rail with their top edges parallel. Once you have the bottom rail and the blank for the top rail cut to width. Cathedral and arched top doors are the top of the line when it comes to raised panel doors.

It s important to use a guard with all router bits but especially so with raised panel bits photo 8. Crosscut them to length leaving them somewhat oversized. Lay out and cut the arches.