Lewis Anderson
05-08-2012, 4:39 PM
I am working on the design for our kitchen cabinets and have a few questions regarding the drawer fronts. The cabinets will all be CVG douglas fir fronts with Blum Tandembox internals. The design is basically Mission style so my preference is to have inset slab drawer fronts. My concern is that the larger drawers (8" tall x 30" wide) may warp since they won't be supported by a drawer box as they would be with standard drawer construction. Am I over thinking this or is it a legitimate concern? Also would it be possible to use glued up panels so that the grain is orientated vertically?
My second line of questions is in regards to building the flat panel doors (and drawer fronts if it turns out that there will be issues with slab fronts). This will be my first project doing flat panels, I have always done raised panels. I don't have CVG fir plywood readily available locally so I am pretty much going to have to use solid wood for the panels. Based on using 3/4" rails/stiles I assume the best plan of attack is to plane the panels down to 1/2" and do a cove on the backside. Am I missing something? Is there a better/more attractive way to build these? If it makes any difference one set of doors will be fairly large (18"x60" for a pantry cabinet.)
There are a lot of firsts (CVG Fir, Tandembox, Flat Panel doors) for me on this project so I am just trying to cover any gotcha's before I undertake this.
My second line of questions is in regards to building the flat panel doors (and drawer fronts if it turns out that there will be issues with slab fronts). This will be my first project doing flat panels, I have always done raised panels. I don't have CVG fir plywood readily available locally so I am pretty much going to have to use solid wood for the panels. Based on using 3/4" rails/stiles I assume the best plan of attack is to plane the panels down to 1/2" and do a cove on the backside. Am I missing something? Is there a better/more attractive way to build these? If it makes any difference one set of doors will be fairly large (18"x60" for a pantry cabinet.)
There are a lot of firsts (CVG Fir, Tandembox, Flat Panel doors) for me on this project so I am just trying to cover any gotcha's before I undertake this.