Raised-Panel Doors
Learn a new way to make beautiful raised panel doors. We'll show you the best tips, techniques, and tools to make doors quickly and easily without expensive panel-raising bits.

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Learn a new way to make beautiful raised panel doors. We'll show you the best tips, techniques, and tools to make doors quickly and easily without expensive panel-raising bits.

To prove that you don't need expensive cutters to make handsome doors, we made the beautiful raised-panel doors, above, using only three common router bits. Because the panels are hardwood-veneer plywood, they weigh less, cost less, and are more stable than doors made from solid stock.


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The PDF for the article link seems to be broken. Please correct.
1/15/2012 11:04:12 AM Report AbuseReidclif, it's easier if you have a PDF software in your PC... follow the link about adobe illustrations and then just click "Control P", choose your print PDF program instead of your regular printer and that's it... you'll need just a few seconds
1/5/2012 11:01:41 AM Report AbuseI was having trouble with the "print" feature of the article too. I just highlighted the entire article and hit control C to copy the article. I then open Word and hit control V to paste the article to the Word document. Once there it is easy to save the article to my documents file and print. It takes a little clean up on the article to get rid of unwanted characters and spaces but takes less than 5 minutes to get the printed copy.
1/5/2012 10:18:02 AM Report AbuseI tried at least 30 times to print this article but it appears the only way I MIGHT get a printout is by extending my subscription for another 2 years... my current one is already good until 2016. Looks more like a rip off than an offer or service that they write about so convincingly in their magazines.
9/3/2011 04:00:14 PM Report AbuseJohn: although your comment is 5 months old, just click "Print" at the top of the article for a printer-friendly version of the article.
7/7/2011 01:01:34 PM Report AbuseFirst, it really is a "raised panel". what's phoney about a second panel that IS raised above the first. More importantly, who wants to spend $150 to $250 on a raised panel router bit set if they only want two or 4 doors. Finally, if the project is going to be painted, using 1/4 inch ply is a LOT cheaper than solid wood panels.
7/7/2011 10:51:43 AM Report AbuseA lot of extra work to make a phoney raised panel. Spend the extra bucks, and get a raised panel router bit set.
7/7/2011 10:38:19 AM Report Abuse