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Door Panels

Frame and panel doors can be made with either
flat or raised panels. Flat panel doors typically have
1/4” plywood for the panel.

Raised panels are made from thicker stock and
feature a raised field that is typically on the same plane
as the front face of the rails and stiles. You can use Samples of the vertical panel raising bit profiles avail-
a number of methods to create raised panels, but the able from The Craftsman Gallery.
Router Boss excels at producing perfectly cut panels
using vertical panel-raising bits.

The Router Boss’s ability to safely make climb-
cuts using the hand crank power feed means that you
can cut across the grain without tearout. With the top
plate mounted in the vertical position, you have a large
area on which to clamp door panels. Feed Direction
Panel raising bit
To cut raised panels on the Router Boss, install the
router table riser and fences and the mortising table top Panel
plate mounted vertically. Depending on the size of the
panel to be cut, install the fixed fence or use multiple
clamps to hold the panel blank to the top plate.

When cutting a raised panel, make the cuts in mul-
tiple passes, making the end cuts across the grain first, Use the fixed fence with the vertically-mounted top
then the cuts with the grain. Start with the bit to the left plate for small panels (above) and multiple clamps to
of the workpiece and use the hand crank to feed the hold larger panels (below) . The cut is made on the “in-
stock past the bit from right to left. Make a first pass on side” face of the panel that is against the top plate.
all four edges, slide the router plate out (towards you)
and make the next pass.

With the profile cut, check the fit and if necessary,
make a rabbet cut along the back edges of the panel so
the panel will fit in the groove.

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