Making Beaded Cabinet Doors

And while i was at it i needed to make two doors for a cabinet i have been working on for a friend.

Making beaded cabinet doors.

My initial thought was to make a mitered door making the inside bead easy by routing it. To build cabinet doors you need a table saw or router table to cut the groove for your panel to sit in. Learn how to build cabinet door frames using a rail and stile router bit set. These are simple shaker style cabinet doors and are not very expensive to make but i warn you they are a little time consuming.

In this tutorial i m using the beadlock basic starter kit from rockler which includes a 3 8 drill bit and drilling jig. The beadlock system. You also need to order the 3 8 tennon stock. I am making the doors on my home kitchen cabinets and my wife has her mind set on a flat recessed panel door with an 1 8 bead on the inside edge of the stile and rail with an edge treatment some form of ogee most likely around the perimeter of the door.

Most cabinet doors especially if they are made in a factory have frames tha. I recently showed you all the beginning of my laundry room remodel.