Making Raised Panel Doors Plywood

Plywood and mdf are great options for panels as they are stable and easy to come by.

Making raised panel doors plywood.

There are lots of different choices and lots of different hardware considerations but one door style that makers come back to time and time again is the frame and panel door and particularly the raised panel door. The shakers are probably the best known for flat panel doors except their doors were actually raised panels turned backward. If you are doing raised panels or using solid wood for the panels you must be aware of wood movement and take precautions or else your door could crack with the changing of the seasons. In a time where plywood was not an option gluing up the door with the raised panel facing inward was the only option to get a flat panel look on the exterior of the door.

Https ibuildit ca projects plywood door watch how i install this door. After choosing your materials pick a profile for the frame and raised panel. However it s growing more common to find raised panels that are veneered. Simply run the raised panel profile as a molding in solid wood and frame the plywood panel mitering the corners.

If you ll paint your doors substitute medium density fiberboard mdf for the solid stock and birch veneer plywood for a glass smooth finish. For my door i used 1 2 1 27cm inch mdf for the panels. Https youtu be 4q8uvmyp0jo i have seven of these to make f. Suitable joints would be a small tongue and groove a biscuit spline or dowel.

The panel raises when we apply a second plywood panel framed with molding.