Raised Door Panels Table Saw

A raised panel cutter.

Raised door panels table saw.

All it takes is a simple shop made sled. Then they set the fence about 1 in. This can be a very large cutter due to the size of most raised panel profiles. This cutter will cut the decorative edge visible on the door front and it will cut the groove needed for the door panel.

This cutter is used on the ends of the rails to cut the mating profile. Spin the blade by hand to make sure it doesn t contact the fence. From the blade tilt the table saw blade to about 14 degrees raise the blade and cut the bevel for the panel. In our shop at popular woodworking we use at least three different methods to create raised panels for doors and drawer bottoms.

The cleat that holds the toggle clamp is 2 1 4 wide. Make raised panel doors and drawer faces with your table saw before you begin you need to calculate the door and drawer face sizes. To work around the danger of the panel slipping down into the throat guard they fasten together two pieces of 3 4 in. For standard rectangular raised panels all you really need is the saw blades you already own and you don t need a big table saw either.

Away from the dado head. I m going to use this jobsite table saw from saw stop for the entire technique. The toggle is located 3 up from the bottom of the jig. This is a techniquei ve seen done by others on youtube many times before and i wanted to try it myself as well.

Then place the panel upside down on the saw table and raise the dado head so that it will remove the beveled edge leaving a flat edge of the correct thickness. I did this originally long ago back when i couldn t afford to buy the bit set or the heavier router needed to use them that is normally used to make these doors. Position the rip fence 1 16 in. A negative profile cutter which is the mirror image of the first cutter above.

My sled is made from 3 4 baltic birch plywood. Making raised panel doors on the table saw general woodworking or more correctly cope and stick raised panel doors. What follows is a step by step tutorial in each. The table saw provides an easy way for you to make raised panel doors.

There are many to choose from. If you re making a double door cabinet using hidden european style hidden hinges add 1 to the door opening width and divide by two. There are a couple of other things you re going to need for raising panels and one of them is a tall surface for your rip fence. Mdf making the panel 1 1 2 in.