Making Arch Top Raised Panel Doors

Arched raised panels prep the parts and cope the rails.

Making arch top raised panel doors.

The first step in making a frame and panel door is to select and prepare the. Step 2 calculating the length of the rails. This is what most door cutter sets are. Center the rail templated on the back face of the top rail with their top edges parallel.

But many intermediate woodworkers consider them out of their league. Then saw the arch and smooth the surface as you did on the top rail. Arches and then make two easy to build accurate templates one for the rail and one for the panel. Template sets contain a number of paired templates to suit a variety of door widths.

How to make the parts of a cabinet door. Sommerfeld s tools for wood arched raised panels made easy with marc sommerfeld part 2 duration. How to make arched cabinet doors easily. Rout the grooves and raise 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. He says it s best to set design parameters first such as 1 in. Crosscut them to length leaving them somewhat oversized. Once you have the bottom rail and the blank for the top rail cut to width.

Building raised panel arched cabinet doors. Lay out and cut the arches. After ripping the panel to width square the lower end and draw the arch at the top. Cathedral and arched top doors are the top of the line when it comes to raised panel doors.

Mill the stock to 3 4 thickness for the stiles and rails and to 5 8 thickness for the panel. Rip the rails and stiles to width per the cut list. Bill ewing developed a quick way to cut arched doors using an adjustable jig that allows him to cut raised panel doors of almost any size.