How to build your own car door panels step 1.
Building door panels.
Interior doors are generally 80 inches tall and 1 3 8 inches thick exterior doors are generally thicker.
However with a little instruction and a broad selection of car interior upholstery parts the task is made easier than you might think.
This film will teach you how to design construct and upholster your own auto door panels.
I own a 6 jointer but the rails on this door are 8.
Part one the frame clamps clamps and more clamps.
Building an interior door.
The simplest method is to use the miter gauge that came with your table saw.
To build a square door the stiles and rails must all be exactly the same length with perfectly square ends.
Remove the clamps.
I build mine by laminating two pieces of 3 4.
Attach a straight 24 in long hardwood 1 3 for more accuracy and to avoid splintering out the end of the cut.
Place one 48 by 48 by 1 8 inch hardboard on a worktable.
Rails and stiles are generally made out of the same materials but panels can vary and even include glass or screens.
Set an old door panel on the hardboard and trace its.
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.
The rails connect the two stiles together at a few points and the panels fill in the gaps.
Interior doors are usually 1 3 8 thick.
A table saw makes that easy.