Building Stile And Rail Cabinet Doors

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.

Building stile and rail cabinet doors.

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. In fact that s not the case at all. Most cabinet doors have frames that are assembled with rail stile joints also commonly called cope and stick joints. 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. Make sure the rail is even with the end of the stile. 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. But standard wood glue will also work.

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. Building cabinet doors is easy when you have a rail and stile router. Slide in the panel.

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. The drawings below show a sampling of the profiles commonly available. 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. The yonico 12335 cabinet set comes at a very affordable price but still allows you to create professional and stellar raised panel cabinet doors.

Cut your stiles and rails to length. 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. Apply glue to both sides of the groove in one stile and one rail. Again these are easily found at most home improvement stores.

As an alternative to the two bit set several manufacturers also offer a single bit option. 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. A 4 x 8 piece is around 25. Savannah paint white paint savannah alder french roast glass door style x alder french roast.

Measure cabinet door openings carefully. Push the rail into the stile making sure the top edge of the rail is even with the end of the stile.