How To Build A 5 Panel Door

Build a panel door.

How to build a 5 panel door.

After putting my stack dado in the table saw i cut a groove for the door s panel to float in. Pencil scribbles on the workpiece help show the low spots. Next up in shut the front door diy week. The plane is a standard 5 bailey with a corrugated sole.

If your home is anything like mine it came with boring hollow core doors. Mill the stock to 3 4 thickness for the stiles and rails and to 5 8 thickness for the panel. Two ways to make a hollow core door into a 5 panel door one of which will only cost about 12. Full single panel 36 oak door four 5 25 oak baseboard cut to 27 space 9 25 and glue down my stuff was purchased at menards but can be found at nearly any.

Panel doors consist of two stiles side pieces and two rails top and bottom along with a panel that sits between them. Please be sure to subscribe for more diy tiny hous. X research source cut the stiles and the rails from 4 4 2 54 cm material if you can and mill or plane down the material to a consistent width of 75 inches 2 cm. Rip the rails and stiles to width per the cut list.

You will trim them flush in later operations. How to make the parts of a cabinet door. A groove holds the panel. And we have more to come so make sure that you ve subscribed by rss or email to get every update.

Years ago i got a quote for replacing them with lovely shaker style solid core doors and it was pricey. A favorite for more utilitarian areas the five panel door is composed of horizontal panels top to bottom. If your main door panel is 80 inches 200 cm tall and 25 inches 64 cm wide you should have enough material left over for about 4 80 in 200 cm x 4 5 in 11 cm sections and 6 16 in 41 cm x 4 5 in 11 cm sections. Crosscut them to length leaving them somewhat oversized.

The groove is a hair wider than 3 4 and 1 2 deep. This is my first instructable and my first try at building my own door. I do think the finished product turned out great materials used were3 2x6 x 8 foot1 2x8 x 8 foot this could be 4 foot 1 2. You ve seen two different ways of adding molding to transform flat doors now jenna is here with two more gorgeous door updates.

In this video i show you a simple quick and affordable way to build yourself a unique door for about 50. Please be light on me as i know i make mistakes.