I have a Shapeoko Pro and I’m making a new pantry. I’m looking for designs/ideas to make some nice doors by utilizing the great capabilities that this CNC gives me. I’m also wondering id I would need different bits than the 60, and 90 degree v bits I have. I’ve seen some designs that the bit seams to not just V out the wood but also appears to do a radius at the same time. Open to ideas or suggestions.
Do you have or are willing to use Carbide Create Pro?
You need to define your request a little bit more. Are you going to make the whole door or just put a design on the panels. A 60 or 90 degree vee bit can do a lot but if your design is complicated or rather small detail a 20 or 30 degree might be better.
You could have glass panels with a drag bit to do a design on frosted glass. I would not recommend clear glass because you can see through to the inside of the pantry.
Are you going to make cope and stick doors on a router table and then insert raised and/or flat panels? Please give a little more detail in what you want to accomplish. Are you wanting to put flowers, mountain scene, animals or something else on the face of the door. Maybe a family recipe engraved on the door.
First design the type of door like cope and stick or a mortise and tenon door. Then decide where you want to put the design on the door. Then what design or motif you want on the door.
If you just want to put an arch on the door a router table with templates might be easier than doing the whole thing on a cnc. If you want to carve on the door it will depend on the thickness of the wood under your design. If it is a thin panel then an advanced vcarve would work well because you can define the maximum depth. Just a vcarve without the advanced vcarve will make a cut that will try to cut both sides of a line and could go over the depth of your panel.
A pantry door gets a lot of use so you need to make a strong door to start with. The chief cook and kids open and close the door a lot and then the midnight raid for snacks you want a strong door.
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I have Carbide Create Pro. I plan on make 1 inch solid wood panels 17x 28 for the CNC. I have access to many different varieties ( Pine, Ash, Elm, Oak ) I’m looking for something that says (Wow what did you use to make those doors)
Some or the crown molding patterns may be a good starting point for ideas.
Here are some type of designs
With a 1 inch solid wood panel be sure to not fit the panel tightly. A one inch solid panel will expand and shrink a lot. Even in a modern air conditioned house in the winter heaters tend to dry the air shrinking the panel. In times you open the windows the panel will swell. Then when you turn on the cooling the panel will shrink again. Typical lumber yard lumber is not really dry so buy your lumber ahead of time and let it acclimate.
Just dont fit your panel tightly because if it expands it could break your door. Prefinish your panel before glue up to avoid unfinished streaks showing when it shrinks up.
Edit:. You will live with your door for a long time. Get input from the chief cook and bottle washer. If mamma aint happy aint no one happy.
I have a set of Frued adjustable cope and stick router bits. You can make extened tenons for heavy doors. They adjust for thick doors even entry doors.
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Also be carful of the design
Take too much kid out and the door will warp
I would also sit the wood in the house a few days for it to get acclimated (if that’s the correct word)
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