Not to cite another publication — I just subscribed to FWW because it’s great — but in the December 2005 issue of “Workbench” magazine there was an article containing plans and instructions for creating a craftsman-style kitchen. It’s kind of interesting and I’m thinking of using elements of it in my own kitchen renovation. The entire article is available for free here:
http://www.workbenchmagazine.com/main/pdf/wb291-island02.pdf
But I have a question:
http://www.workbenchmagazine.com/main/pdf/wb291-island02.pdf
But I have a question:
In creating panel doors, the authors suggest this process. Route a 1/4 groove in the center of rails and stiles. Insert a panel stop in the grooves. Then glue the panel to the stop. So, rather than insert the panel in the routed groove, and then running a moulding over the panel, you glue the panel in place by attaching it to the 1/4″ of the stop that’s out of the groove. Sure it entails some clever clamping, and the article suggests running tape around the panel to prevent excess glue.
But has anybody ever done this? Does it hold up? Will the panel stay true through the years? I’d be interested in your thoughts and thank you in advance.
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John,
The panel is made of plywood, which is dimensionally more stable than hardwood. So gluing the panel in shouldn't be a huge problem.
The problem is as you identified, the clamping would be little tricky, and in the end there is no mechanical support for the panel.
This is pretty far from the realm of what I'd call traditional woodworking (he's using pocket screws on the case)... so the question is why didn't the author use some sort of mechanical fasteners? Maybe rather than trying to fit the stops into the groove he could just run a rabet down the inside, then put the molding (stop) and then the panel. Then he'd have been able to glue and pin, from the back...
Norm used a similar technique in a recent episode to provide a more solid surface(s) to glue molding which in turn stopped a glass panel, if I remember correctly. I almost wrote 'pane', but add the 'l' to that word and you've got 'panel'. Interesting.
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