I'm making a wall type cabinet and and am ready to make the door. Anyexperience with the durability of using astub tenon for the frame and panel door? The panel is veneer over asubstrate, so it could be glued to the rails and stiles for increasedrigidity. Or am I just asking for trouble down the line?

I have probably built a hundred cabinet doors this way, with floating panels. There should be no issue with this method unless the panel is extra extra extra large.They are quick and easy to build. If you have never built them I recommend cutting the grove for the panels first. Cut the rails the finished length plus double the length equal to the depth of the groove depth. Run the rails and styles through the TS making 2 passes flipping the board end for end after each pass so that the groove ends up dead center to establish the width to fit the panel.Then with the TS and dado blades or a router table and a large straight cut bit form the tennons on the rails to just a hair short of the depth of the grooves.

OK, now those are numbers I can relate to! Especially a "shit load".That's a technical term that I understand. And who wants to divideout a "shit load"?A "whole shit load" of cabinets divided out over 33 years iswell....ummm....A SHITLOAD!Not divisible by modern technology.Just messin' with you, buddy! :^)Robert

Stub Tenon for cabinet door?

Mar 17, 2009 25 Replies

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Leon 17 years ago

I didn't want to post...

I was intimidated by someone that turns out

*gulp*

almost 2 1/2 finished kitchens , day in and day out. That's a finished kitchen in just 18 hours, every week for 33 years!

Simply "Unbelieveable", HUH!

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Robatoy 17 years ago

Seeing as you put it that way, maybe I should have gone for either 'bezillion' or 's*it-load' of kitchens. Although we have had weeks when we did make up to 3 kitchens, we certainly didn't have that pace for 33 years. I stand corrected.

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Swingman 17 years ago

"Robatoy" wrote

A "coupla brazilian kitchens" would have clarified the issue nicely and is at least a double shitload, more or less ... and a few more than I've done.

... and thank your good buddy, Bush the smaller for the clarification. :)

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Robatoy 17 years ago

If he would only stand corrected.

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nailshooter41 17 years ago

OK, now those are numbers I can relate to! Especially a "s*it load". That's a technical term that I understand. And who wants to divide out a "s*it load"?

A "whole s*it load" of cabinets divided out over 33 years is

well....

ummm....

A SHITLOAD!

Not divisible by modern technology.

Just messin' with you, buddy!

:^)

Robert

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Pat Barber 17 years ago

Feel free to use my personal favorite:

Metric AssLoad(tm)

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