How To Cut Opemimg In 6 Panel Door

The festool track saw made this really really easy we just used a square to set the cutting edge of the track and made sure the blade depth was enough for the recess.

How to cut opemimg in 6 panel door.

The doors i am replaceing are 2 6 wide so no problem there. The doors are 6 4 high and i have bought 6 6 panelled doors to replace them from howdens. Cut the pegs about an inch longer than the thickness of the door and taper them smoothly for at least 1 4 at one end to make them easier to drive in and to reduce the chance of splintering. For the door i am cutting into our goal was to get as close to the edge of the panel opening as possible and keep it as straight along that edge without cutting outside the panel.

Do i cut 1 of the top and bottom or 2 off the bottom. Cut a jigsaw blade down to lengh so that when cutting the tip of the blade just misses the high point of the panel below as you can see only one skin of the door can be cut at a time because when the doors are manufactured the panels are not aligned could also be cut out with a tenon saw. The hole in the scrap wood. I have bought 6 panel doors to replace the sapele doors in my house.

Or you cold hinge each side to open opposite each other. However it would mean that the door would have to open and close with the overlapping side opening and clossing first. On a 6 panel door or at least those that i am familar with have 3 vertical stiles one on each side and one in the middle that separates the panels. Maybe replace an old door and it just won t fit.