Making Divided Light Cabinet Doors

Cabinet doors can make or break the look of your kitchen or bathroom cabinets and the longevity of the cabinets.

Making divided light cabinet doors.

When making cabinet doors for european style cabinets the doors will be the same height as the cabinet box. Joinery for true divided light doors woodworkers discuss the best way to attach muntins to door stiles and rails for true divided light cabinet door construction. The width depends on whether it s a single or double door cabinet with a single door spanning the full width of the box and double doors only half the width. This technique also works for building cabinet doors with divided lites.

The secret lies in the workmanship and quality of materials used to make cabinet doors. Simulated divided lite sdl for exterior doors. A true divided light glass door adds an extra weapon to your cabinet building arsenal and i m going to show you how to build one with a fast and relatively easy way by using infinity tools matching 2 pc rail and stile router bit sets and the glass door accessory kit item 23 gls. How to build kitchen cabinet doors extremely fast and simple amazing woodworking skills thanks for watching subscribe share.

Choose the wood and glass wisely ideally the wood should be clear vertical. Modern weatherstrip ping and sash hooks make for a tight fitting sash that s easy to remove and replace. My hallway cabinets are still under construction. But the last order i placed took about six weeks to get here and i didn t want to wait that long.

If you missed part 1 of this project you can see it here. So i decided to make. Features a single glass unit with bars applied to the glass surface providing the look of traditional true divided lite with sdl bars are available in two widths. June 2 2009 best equipment for perfect door frame miters shop owners describe their setup for making miter cuts for cabinet door frames.

Cabinet doors but reconfigured for windows do 80 of the work. 7 8 standard and 1 3 8 option. Choose which door to make. Diy hallway cabinets part 1 i contemplated purchasing custom cabinet doors for my hallway cabinets just like the replacement doors i purchased for my kitchen.