I have recently been dabbling in woodworking in my limited free time. When we finished our basement last year, the plan was to order cabinet doors for the built-in unit I built in the bathroom. Well a year later and cabinet doors still were not ordered. I had been holding off ordering with the thought that I could make them... the only problem was that I didn't know how to do it. I recently acquired a used router and now had the tools to build the doors. So after reading a few websites and watching some youtube videos I was ready to give it a shot.
The first step was to build a router table to more easily control wood and the router. I mounted the router base to an acrylic sheet and inlayed the sheet in a piece of MDF board on top of two saw horses. For less than $30 I had myself a functional router table.
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| The supplies |
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| Prepping the inlay |
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| Ready for the router |
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| Router table complete |
With the router table ready, I measured the opening several times and over checked that they were correct. The measurements seemed right to me so I kept going. Dados were cut down the center of the four sides for the center panel and tongues were routed on the top and bottom for a tongue and groove joint. I glued everything together, double checked the measurements, and clamped the door to dry.
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| It looks like a cabinet door! |
I made the second door in the same way and then drilled holes for the overlay hinges. Then it was time to see if the doors fit... and they did!
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| Read to be mounted |
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| They fit! |
I filled they joints with wood filler, sanded them down, and got them primed and painted. Remounted the doors, installed the knobs, and the project was done.
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| Project complete! |
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