| Project by kiefer | posted 199 days ago | 1216 views | 6 times favorited | 9 comments |  |
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I needed three doors for a project that needs to be inexpensive to build so MDF is .
A simple and fast way to make a frame and panel style door .
The door shown here has 2 1/2” styles and 3 1/2” rails which is a look that I have used for many years and still like .
Cut a piece of 3/8 MDF to a 1/4 ” oversize in height and width and overlay with a 3/8” MDF frame beveled to 30 Deg. Start with the styles and apply them with glue just slightly in from the edge and then cut the rails to fit and glue in place ,I don’t use clamps ,just rub the piece to spread the glue and let it set .
I like using my double bottom sled for this as I can set it zero clearence to the blade ( see pics and also my sled post ) http://lumberjocks.com/projects/61820
Once the glue has set I trim the door to finish size using the bottom panel as reference against the fence and sand and rout the edges .
A very quick and inexpensive door to make ,about 10 minutes a door .
-- Kiefer 松
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grandpasworkshop
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#1 posted 199 days ago
I like this
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Jim Jakosh
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#2 posted 199 days ago
Nice one , Kiefer!!................Jim
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#3 posted 199 days ago
OH, this is clever! The look is certainly panel door-ish, and since it will be painted, mdf is certainly a good choice of base materials. This one is going into the file for future reference.
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Roger
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#4 posted 199 days ago
very interesting
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Daniel Wise
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#5 posted 199 days ago
Wow, those look really good and I imagine they are pretty inexpensive too. This is one of those “that’s so simple, why didn’t i think of that” ideas.
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#6 posted 199 days ago
quick and dirty but they will work.
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redmen
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#7 posted 197 days ago
Look great. Ran out and got a sheet of MDF and tried it myself. Thanks for the inspiration!
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#8 posted 193 days ago
;-) clever.
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#9 posted 192 days ago
This is good.
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