Building Door Panels
Building an interior door.
Building door panels. Interior doors are generally 80 inches tall and 1 3 8 inches thick exterior doors are generally thicker. I own a 6 jointer but the rails on this door are 8. Attach a straight 24 in long hardwood 1 3 for more accuracy and to avoid splintering out the end of the cut. However with a little instruction and a broad selection of car interior upholstery parts the task is made easier than you might think.
Attach the smooth side of the traced piece of hardboard to the smooth side of the other piece with clamps. This is part one of hagan street rods modular door panel system. This film will teach you how to design construct and upholster your own auto door panels. The rails connect the two stiles together at a few points and the panels fill in the gaps.
How to build your own car door panels step 1. Pull out the hand planes and. This series of videos will walk you through building custom interior door panels. Rails and stiles are generally made out of the same materials but panels can vary and even include glass or screens.
To build a square door the stiles and rails must all be exactly the same length with perfectly square ends. Place one 48 by 48 by 1 8 inch hardboard on a worktable. Building a show quality interior to match the rest of your build can be a daunting task. Interior doors are usually 1 3 8 thick.
The simplest method is to use the miter gauge that came with your table saw. I build mine by laminating two pieces of 3 4. Remove the clamps.