DIY 4 Panel wooden Door, part 4. raised panel cutting with a straight router

[Films4You]

1:00 "You take the biscuit" then you take your fingers off 2:42 no push sticks

[sariondolem]

@MartinCabz

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[yopagedotcom]

WEEEE careful--watch those fingers on the table saw!!!

Nice way to knock out some doors. Still a lot of work, doors always are, but worth it with nice wood.

[bzarmy]

At the moment I have to make a similar paneled door at college. Please explain why my tutor is forcing me to draw a model of the unit, from a work book?- cant I just make the paneled door, like these blokes, without drawing the length, thickness and height of the components, as well as, panel slots onto paper?

[agbagb123]

@bzarmy, It's likely that you'll get marks for how well you can plan the job, drawings are to pass the course not make the door. It's a skill you might need in the future and comes in handy for more complex jobs: to workout materials, to present a design, to workout how to make it, to explain how it should be made (others might be making parts of it). In a commercial situation you could need these kind of skills to take a step up from the shop floor. Get as many skills as you can. Good luck.

[odmcarp]

Using your method might take a little longer but it's much safer to use than traditional cutter blades, especially for the DIYer. I'd also like to add that it was very descent of you to fast forward past the boring gluing stage of the work. :) Excellent video.

[agbagb123]

@odmcarp, Thanks. You're right it's a low cost DIY solution, it takes longer than using standard bits. To get the size I wanted would have needed custom cutters on a spindle moulder, out of the question for me with such small quanities. It's a alternative technique that gets the job done proving you don't always to spend to get results. I hadn't really thought about it being safer, but guess you right, less can go pear shaped with a smaller cutter in the hands of the less experienced. Cheers.

[Lightboxes]

I like doors.

[blzbub1]

While it's nice to have the traditional skills, the World is now a different place and it's impossible to compete commercially with the far eastern door factories, where they churn out a raised panel door in minutes. I guess you would have paid about 50 quid for the timber, plus the best part of 2 days work for machining and assembly and if you value your time at around 100 quid a day, it makes that an expensive door. Sad that bespoke joinery is going down the tubes like so many other industries

[agbagb123]

@blzbub1 , You're quite right it would be easier to just buy a door. I always look at this kind of thing as a balance between time and money. If I can put the time in I don't need the money. Using £250 as a start, I would have to earn around £360 before tax. Buying an imported door at £250 minus VAT, distributor, shipping etc. might only be worth £100. I'm not sure where I'm going with this but It's a thought anyway.

[mpsrenovations]

Very nice

[shaunmcwilliam]

wow, I applaud your creativity in finding a way to make the flat bit work so well! A creative jig that worked perfectly.

[byejason]

I find my tape often messes up as well. You just can't trust em :-)

[TrojanWarrior74]

why not just buy a raised panel bit ?

[agbagb123]

@TrojanWarrior74, If I was making a lot of these panels, if I could find one with the profile and depth I wanted, if I could justify the cost then I would buy a raised panel bit. But as none of the above applies I can get the results I'm after with the tools and equipment I've got.

The only real alternative would be a spindle moulder with custom tooling, but instead of just dreaming I can actually get on and make what I want. Spending money doesn't have to be the only option.

[TrojanWarrior74]

@agbagb123 good comment , hope you don't think i was being patronising , anyway your doing a nice job ,,,well done

[agbagb123]

@TrojanWarrior74 Cheers, and thanks for the question. It's questions that give me the chance to explain where I'm coming from. I know I take a bit different approach from many and it's not always clear in the video why I done things a particular way.

[BrokenRRT]

Awesome work! If you were near me in the US I would hire you to make my new doors for our home.

[pancakez20]

1:51...whats that sound like..

[HoundmanV]

It's All on YT... I'm planning on building a new raised panel front door, to replace my old rotting one, and reuse the beveled, etched glass panes. Been a long time, and an injury ago, that I used to do simpler woodworking, mostly building folded, corner horn loudspeakers. so complicated but not the detail of the door will take. Have built my furniture, or anything I wanted to.

[agbagb123]

@HoundmanV, All the best for your replacement door project and It's good to hear you are getting back in to some woodworking. Making a door can sound a bit daunting but when you tackle it one step at a time, there's nothing difficult about it. Have you seen the full details on link in the description It'll be good to hear how you get on.

[bloodynuts2]

great vid  tidy..

[tolefezzy]

OOOhhhh careful with the fingers when pushing stock on the table saw,...from experience ive seen nasties...

[agbagb123]

@lapispinoza , DOH... never mind the technique will come in handy if you ever want to do a "non standard" profile.

[SuperNoobdude]

wel, not that thats bad, i enjoyed your videos now i know how to make a door! lol

[SuperNoobdude]

how is it that one minute your watching epic fail compilations and then your watching

vids like this? WTH

[nyron86]

Excellent work Sir!.......keep up the good work. You never know you might be the next NewYankee Workshop host!!!!.......greeting from Trinidad and Tobago

[NixonAre]

that`s some realy nice wood you gott;)

[soulessdelu]

just like a dead cofre cheers man !

[okar1]

I like how your jig makes the router table so much more versatile, simple but effective. Will try to duplicate it. :)

[mrbudoy123]

beautiful...but im a little bit concerned bout its strenght. the only thing that hold the raised panel are the moulding thats so thin.

[agbagb123]

@mrbudoy123 Hopefully I can put your at rest. the mouldings are 24mm (1 inch ) thick. I don't know if you've seen the moulding video and full details on the idostuff site. .

Cheers

[gubranalryashy]

@agbagb123 FGH

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[Phishboy26]

You need to use a panel raising bit set. You didnt even show us how you prepared the surfaces of the wood with a table saw, planer, and jointer. Cheers

[agbagb123]

@Phishboy26 ,Thanks for commenting, but I think you missed the point. This shows how you can make raised panels without buying expensive bits and to cut profiles to your own specifications.

I try to be specific in each video, concentrating on a particular process. If you want details about initial preparation of the timber, have a look here on the idostuff.co.uk website or click the link the video description- Cheers

[agbagb123]

Thank G19, Sorry to get you cringing. I do use a push stick when I'm pushing close towards a blade or cutter. The camera angle sometimes makes my hands look a bit close. Cheers

[G19Fanatic]

good instruction but i CRINGED every single time you used your bare hands to push material through either your TS or your RT... so easy to lose a few fingertips if you get a kickback...