Steve Wurster
02-23-2019, 8:22 PM
Hey all,
I'm designing some cabinets, and I need some advice for what I'm calling a "deep" frame and panel setup. In the picture below I show the panel effectively behind the frame (ignore the parts without any panel). This allows for a full 3/4 "shadow" (or reveal, or whatever you want to call it) between the frame pieces and the panel itself. I really like this look, but I'm not sure of the best way to achieve this.
For those that follow Marc Spagnuolo (The Wood Whisperer), this is overall very similar to the style he went with for a desk that he made recently. In his design he face glued the rails and stiles to the plywood. I don't know if I like that; I'd be way too worried about wood movement, as even at 3" wide those rails and stiles are going to move some, and fully face gluing those to the plywood seems to be asking for trouble.
I wondered if I could screw the plywood to the frame pieces from the inside, elongating the screw holes in the plywood to allow for movement of the solid wood. I also wondered if I could only partly glue the frame pieces to the plywood (e.g. glue only in the middle of the stile), thereby allowing for movement of the parts of each piece that aren't glued.
I cannot think of any other options, but I'm sure those on this forum will have some suggestions for me. Thanks!
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I'm designing some cabinets, and I need some advice for what I'm calling a "deep" frame and panel setup. In the picture below I show the panel effectively behind the frame (ignore the parts without any panel). This allows for a full 3/4 "shadow" (or reveal, or whatever you want to call it) between the frame pieces and the panel itself. I really like this look, but I'm not sure of the best way to achieve this.
For those that follow Marc Spagnuolo (The Wood Whisperer), this is overall very similar to the style he went with for a desk that he made recently. In his design he face glued the rails and stiles to the plywood. I don't know if I like that; I'd be way too worried about wood movement, as even at 3" wide those rails and stiles are going to move some, and fully face gluing those to the plywood seems to be asking for trouble.
I wondered if I could screw the plywood to the frame pieces from the inside, elongating the screw holes in the plywood to allow for movement of the solid wood. I also wondered if I could only partly glue the frame pieces to the plywood (e.g. glue only in the middle of the stile), thereby allowing for movement of the parts of each piece that aren't glued.
I cannot think of any other options, but I'm sure those on this forum will have some suggestions for me. Thanks!
404322