DIY Simple Shaker Cabinet Doors. October 26, by Shara, Woodshop Diaries. I recently showed you all the beginning of my laundry room remodel. But, I still had to make shaker cabinet doors for the big cabinet that I built. And while I was at it, I needed to make two doors for a cabinet I have been working on for a friend.. These are simple “shaker style” cabinet doors and are not very expensive to make, but I warn you–they are a little time consuming. BUT, they are simple and I’ve got you covered with the how-to 🙂 (PSSST! This post shows how I USED to make cabinet doors.  You could also use a router for this step, but I figured the table saw was easier to set up for this.. If you have a dado blade, it will save you time, but you can also do it this way without one. DIY-Shaker Cabinet Door. As many of you know I took on quite the task when I decided I want to build my own kitchen cabinets. The cabinet carcassas (boxes) and drawers were relatively easy but for some reason in my head I thought the door making process was going to be too difficult for me to pull off and I won’t lie I struggled in the begining I tried several different ways and finally found a process that I was happy with and wanted to share how.  Here are my stack of rails that I ran through the router. Rails are the pieces of wood on the door frame that run horizontal.  Once all the wood was run through the router, pocket-holes were added to each end of the rails only. I dry fitted the pieces so I could figure out the size to cut my piece of MDF. First Diy Shaker Cabinet Doors Router Inc I measured all the doors at once and had a huge list of measurements. Then I cut all the wood at once too (here’s the saw I love). A little tip here – when working with precise measurements like with crown moulding or any trim work, make sure you take the saw blade into account – don’t center your cut line on the blade.  Most of my cuts were pretty precise, but every third cabinet or so, I had some gaps between the trim. It was no big deal at all though once I filled the gaps. (oh man, guys, sorry for all the foggy photos. It was so rainy the day I trimmed these out!) If there were any gaps on the outside lip of the cabinet fronts I filled those too. I ended up using a full tube of this amazing, extra strength wood filler on my 20 cabinets and drawers. I found it was best to overfill and sand until smooth.
Jan 24,  · DIY Shaker Cabinet Doors Plan. So make sure to hop over to Ana White’s site by clicking here to grab the printable plans for these DIY shaker cabinet doors. I ended up redoing the whole cabinets and converting the top half into open shelving with fake shiplap. Measuring For New Shaker Style Cabinet Doors. Shaker style doors add a simple and clean look to your cabinets and add a level of true craftsmanship to your cabinet project. Other than the hinges there is no metal, just wood and glue. And if you are starting with wood that is already surfaced and squared, then you can build the entire door with just a . DIY Shaker cabinet doors – step by step instructions. DIY Shaker cabinet doors is a project that requires some initial planning. You need some space to work, preferably in the garage or the yard. You need to remove the cabinet doors and the hinges from all the doors. Sand the front of the door to remove old lacquer, dirt or paint.

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