Bathroom Cabinet_1

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Comment by Jay Boutwell on March 20, 2011 at 11:15am

Mark, "shaker doors" always make a stunning cabinet.  I like the idea that you made it large enough that the single mid shelf divides the cabinet is such was that the contents inside do not looked "Squashed " having plenty of room to see what is in the cabinet and have plenty of room to remove and replace any item with emptying out everything to get the one item you need.  This is a nice example of fine craftsmanship.

Comment by Josh Summers on March 20, 2011 at 8:00am

Mark, 

I love your his and her desks and I like the simple design for the cabinet doors seen here. I was looking to do the same on a project I'm working on right now. Could you tell me how you routed the slot on the stiles so that it did not show on the ends (where the rails are attached)? I'm a beginner and all I could come up with was to use miters so thats what I ended up using. I'd love to be able to do a simpler rail and stile door without having to throw in a mortise and tenon type deal to fill the slot towards the end of the stiles. Also, did you use a router table for the slots? 

Thank you so much for any help!

Josh

Comment by Mark L. Prohaska on March 4, 2011 at 3:38pm

Jamie,

 

Thank you for the compliment.  Yes, I used 1/4" plywood for the inner door panel.  There is a groove routed in the stiles and rails with a 1/4" slot bit that holds the panel in place once the door is assembled,  no glue is necessary.

 

Good luck and I hope you do your wife proud!

 

Mark

Comment by Jamie Robe on March 4, 2011 at 9:42am

Hi Mark,

Very nice doors. I too am trying to do a refacing job and want to make shaker style doors like these.  So the inner part is a piece of plywood? It doesn't look as thick as the outside pieces of each door? Do you route a groove on the inside for these to glue into?

Thanks,

Jamie

PS I am trying to make my wife happy with this bathroom project too :-)

 

Comment by Mark L. Prohaska on February 11, 2011 at 3:35pm

Mike,

 

These doors were so simple that I am almost embarrassed to tell you how I made them!

 

I used standard 3/4 material (white maple in this case).  I simply cut the stiles and rails to size, used a 1/4" slot router bit to cut the slot for the panels, used a chamfer router bit to cut the bevels on all 4 sides of each piece, and then put 2 pocket holes in each end of the rails.  I then determined the dimension size for the panels, cut them, assembled the doors, and completed the assembly by attaching the rails to the stiles with 1" Kreg screws (even though the material is 3/4 thick, the 1 1/4" Kreg screws proved to be too long for this application).  The only other "tricky" part was the careful placement of the pocket holes to ensure that the screws don't interfere with the panels and that the screws are not so close to the edge of the stiles that they split the wood during assembly.

 

I doubt that this is a "conventional" method of door assembly... just something that I came up with on my own.  However, although I am looking into more sophisticated methods for future projects (such as the Freud Premier Rail and Style system), I have used this method on many projects - including all of those that I have posted on the Kreg site - and I have been very happy with the results.  (More importantly, my wife has been pleased:-)

 

Best of luck!

Mark

 

BTW, I made a matching mirror using this same technique that turned out pretty cool... I'll post pics soon.

Comment by winslowmike on February 11, 2011 at 2:05pm

Mark! How do you make the doors? I've searched and searched for more details on this "shaker" style door and cannot find anything. I have some specific questions:

1) What thickness material do you use for the panel?

2) How to you assemble the rails and stiles?

3) Do you have any documentation/plans/diagrams to which you can direct me?