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I’m building a cabinet with 4 inset doors. One door is warped from either climate or improper glueing. Probably the latter although it has been stored in my basement for a few months.
Any pointers to straighted the door? Moisture? Steam? Pachyderm power? I’m getting ready to do final sanding but don’t want to put a finish on it until I understand my options. The door is about 18 x 24 with one corner about 1/2 inch out of plane.
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What kind of doors are they and how were they made? Can you post a picture?
Try moving the cabinet into an environment (temperature/humidity) like it will actually be in when it's finished. You MAY get lucky and the door will correct itself after a couple of days.
If you made the doors out of plywood, don't waste your time. One of the secret ingredients in plywood is warp-olium. It's there to turn a nice flat piece of plywood into a pretzel just as soon as you aren't watching. - lol
I should have given more info.
The doors are rail and stile with floating panels. All of maple. The rails and stiles are 2-1/2 inch wide with bridle joints.
Are the panels made of solid maple and raised, or are they flat panels?
I've had raised panels "twist" on me and they can be a real bear to straighten - if they can be straightened at all. Flat panels don't usually cause too many problems since any twisting or warping in the panel is resisted by the rails & stiles.
You mentioned bridle joints. Were they cut perfectly true? If either the mortise or the tennon is a little off, the joint will "pull" the door out of alignment.
What kind of hinges do you have? I've also had apparent "twist" problems that went away with a little hinge adjustment.
The panels are raised. It's always possible that one of the joints was off when I cut it.
Unfortunately I don't think I have many adjustment options with the hinges. I'm using Brusso knife hinges. I guess I could tweek the installation a little without it being too noticable. But I don't know if I can get enough adjustment. One hinge could be set in a little more but I won't be able to bring a hing forward without exposing it.
Thanks for helping out.
Chris
Chris,
I just rebuilt a 12x20" maple door three times...it was the joinery in my case this time....the mortice openings were okay but not exactly in the same place in each stile...a lousy skinch. Good luck
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