Making A Shaker Style Cabinet Door

For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel.

Making a shaker style cabinet door.

I made two on the short ends and three on the long sides. The shaker style door is simple to create using basic tools around the shop such as a router miter saw and table saw. A kreg jig makes these shaker style cabinet doors possible without having a router. Simply sand and stain or paint your shaker cabinet door add some awesome cabinet handles and hinges and you are good to go.

Check out our website for more info. Once you have your panel cut make kreg jig pilot holes following ana s directions. After lots of research and planning i created a plan. The key to making it seamless is cutting your wood so it fits really tightly together to create your shaker rectangle.

Here we show a quick version of the process invo. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy. Shaker style doors are easy to build using basic shop tools like a table saw router and miter saw. Take the height of the door you want and add 1 8 in.

It took about 15 minutes to make each door not including the time it took for the glue to dry. Shaker style doors add a simple and clean look to your cabinets and add a level of true craftsmanship to your cabinet project. I have always loved shaker style cabinets. Other than the hinges there is no metal just wood and glue.

Make sure you have the kreg jig to the right setting. I briefly considered making completely new doors but as you might expect that can cost quite a bit. I know you can buy cabinets with seams in the shaker style but i figured why when i can make it seamless. And if you re like me who makes mistakes getting some really good wood filler and doing a few layers.

Shaker doors are some of the simplest to build. Cost per door is around 20 you can get about 6 center panels from each sheet of plywood. Since i was starting off with flat doors i had to turn them into shaker style cabinets somehow. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin.