How To Make 5 Panel Doors

This is my first instructable and my first try at building my own door.

How to make 5 panel doors.

This is what most door cutter sets are designed for. Next up in shut the front door diy week. 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. The plane is a standard 5 bailey with a corrugated sole.

The groove is a hair wider than 3 4 and 1 2 deep. Remove the door knobs and all other hardware from your interior door to simplify the paint application. If your main door panel is 80 inches 200 cm tall and 25 inches 64 cm wide you should have enough material left over for about 4 80 in 200 cm x 4 5 in 11 cm sections and 6 16 in 41 cm x 4 5 in 11 cm sections. Choose paint recommended for interior doors such as types with a durable gloss or semi gloss sheen that makes it easy to clean.

If you re replacing the old hardware make sure the new hardware will match. Rip the rails and stiles to width per the cut list. Build a panel door. You ve seen two different ways of adding molding to transform flat doors now jenna is here with two more gorgeous door updates.

How to make the parts of a cabinet door. Mill the stock to 3 4 thickness for the stiles and rails and to 5 8 thickness for the panel. Two ways to make a hollow core door into a 5 panel door one of which will only cost about 12. A groove holds the panel.

It will hold the panel but still allow it to expand and contract across its width. Repairing them without compromising their integrity required patience and an understanding of their mortise and tenon joinery. You will trim them flush in later operations. After putting my stack dado in the table saw i cut a groove for the door s panel to float in.

After some 200 years of hard knocks and spotty maintenance in the harsh climate of coastal maine our federal period home s frame and panel doors exhibited a range of problems from gaps and loose joints to outright rot. Please be light on me as i know i make mistakes. Panel doors consist of two stiles side pieces and two rails top and bottom along with a panel that sits between them.