Tony Shea
03-06-2011, 1:45 PM
I am in the process of making a raised panel door, Krenov style raised panel with no bevel in the panel just a small gap all around. I've made most of this project by hand other than the grooves that will accept my panel. This is my first raised panel door and have been driving myself crazy on what to do about panel expansion.
So I just bought some panelign strips from sommerfield tools. My question is how deep of a groove go I route to accept these panelign strips as well as my rabbeted panel? I was originally just going to route them 3/8" deep to allow an 1/8" on each side of panel. But I was worried about centering the panel therefore bought the strips that are 1/4" x 1/4" x 1". Now I just can't figure out how deep this groove now needs to be. Do I want the strips compressed as I put the panel together? Man, something simple is just giving me too many headaches.
So I just bought some panelign strips from sommerfield tools. My question is how deep of a groove go I route to accept these panelign strips as well as my rabbeted panel? I was originally just going to route them 3/8" deep to allow an 1/8" on each side of panel. But I was worried about centering the panel therefore bought the strips that are 1/4" x 1/4" x 1". Now I just can't figure out how deep this groove now needs to be. Do I want the strips compressed as I put the panel together? Man, something simple is just giving me too many headaches.