Easy Frame-and-Panel Cabinet Doors — board plan

What to buy, and which parts come off which board.

Buy 3 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3 hardwood boards, 2-1/2" wide (poplar for paint grade)

2 boards · 1.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 52% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 15 5/8" left over
30"30"19"
1. Stiles (worked example: 24 in x 30 in finished door) — 30"
2. Stiles (worked example: 24 in x 30 in finished door) — 30"
3. Rails (worked example: 24 in x 30 in finished door) — 19"
Board 2 · 75 7/8" left over
19"
1. Rails (worked example: 24 in x 30 in finished door) — 19"

1/2" × 19" — 1/2" hardwood plywood

1 board · 1.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 27% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 69 7/8" left over
25"
1. Panel (worked example: 24 in x 30 in finished door) — 25"

Cuts are listed longest-first, which is how they should be made: the awkward pieces get placed while there is still board to place them on. The layout assumes one end of each board is squared off (1") and that every cut costs 1/8" of kerf — the reason six 16″ parts do not fit on a 96″ board.

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3 hardwood boards, 2-1/2" wide (poplar for paint grade)

Board 1 · 15 5/8" left over

Board 2 · 75 7/8" left over

1/2" × 19" — 1/2" hardwood plywood

Board 1 · 69 7/8" left over