Making Arch Top Raised Panel Doors

Building raised panel arched cabinet doors.

Making arch top raised panel doors.

Template sets contain a number of paired templates to suit a variety of door widths. How to make arched cabinet doors easily. Then saw the arch and smooth the surface as you did on the top rail. After ripping the panel to width square the lower end and draw the arch at the top.

Sommerfeld s tools for wood arched raised panels made easy with marc sommerfeld part 2 duration. Cathedral and arched top doors are the top of the line when it comes to raised panel doors. An arched top raised panel door in ten steps step 1 selecting and preparing the stock. But many intermediate woodworkers consider them out of their league.

Rip the rails and stiles to width per the cut list. Mill the stock to 3 4 thickness for the stiles and rails and to 5 8 thickness for the panel. Rout the grooves and raise the panel. Arched raised panels prep the parts and cope the rails.

Sommerfeld tools 21 684 views. It s important to use a guard with all router bits but especially so with raised panel bits photo 8. Crosscut them to length leaving them somewhat oversized. Once you have the bottom rail and the blank for the top rail cut to width.

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

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. Lay out and cut the arches. How to make the parts of a cabinet door.