Hi all,
Long time lurker and first post. I have a few questions about a door im building for a millwork company who outsourced it to me. I worked professionally in architectural millwork as a benchman for 2 years and am now doing it on the side semi-professionally
My customer wants a door that consists of 6 vertical stiles with ~6" thick with v-groove. He got me engineered stiles made, however they consist of 3 - 3/8" poplar boards on the flat glued up. This is not the way that I've built with engineered stiles in the past. A pine inner core with laminated poplar surround is what ive always used. He is convinced it wont be a problem but im not. He is also concerned about my 5/8 stub T&G not being enough to keep a 3-0 door held together over the course of 6 stiles. I believe the T&G will suffice but considering the potentially unstable stiles I am not convinced.
1st question: Are the stiles he had made for me, while not ideal, sufficiant for what I am using them for?
2nd question: Will my jointery method (5/8" T&G) sufficiently hold up?
I apologize if I missed any protocol with this being my first post.
Let me know!
-P