Make Your Own Slab Cabinet Doors

Most cabinet doors still use a form of contoured design in which frames and panels are constructed so that the cabinet faces are dimensional rather than flat.

Make your own slab cabinet doors.

For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel. Our team offers professional priming for only 8 00 so that when you receive your doors. Assuming the grain runs lengthwise the doors are 45cm wide you could rip a 9 inch wide strip from the slab resaw 4 veneers from the strip and make your own plywood by using the 4 veneers book matched on either side of a baltic birch plywood core or a solid wood panel core like krenov. Unless you want uncomplicated slab doors the job is probably too painstaking to do onsite with a circular saw even for a pro.

Today i will share how to build an interior slab door that is inexpensive and easy to make. Since each of the boards likely came from the same original piece of stock the grain patterns for each board should be quite similar. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. You may be satisfied with less than top drawer results if you re building the doors yourself but if you re paying to have them made you want only the best and it takes a shop with a cabinet grade tools to achieve that.

Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. To make a simple slab door start by measuring the dimensions for your door. When it comes to the slab door your choice of paint is what will really make this product look beautiful in your home. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy.

It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. However flat panel doors otherwise known as slab cabinet doors are increasing in popularity largely because they lend a modern. If you want a woodgrain look use medium density fiberboard on a painted or covered surface. Doors are either 1 3 8 thick generally interior or 1 3 4 thick generally exterior.

I used 5mm underlayment for the front and back which is slightly less than 1 4 thick. The door i wanted to build had to be 1 3 8 thick. This raised panel design such as is found in shaker style cabinets gives a very traditional look.