On Jun 18, 4:45 am, Ron wrote:
On Jun 17, 8:44 pm, RicodJour wrote:

Please post the author's name and the magazine and issue the article
appeared in. I'm always willing to learn, just as I'm always ready to
point out bad practices. Thanks.

It took me a little while to find it:

http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/cda/ar...DIY_14444_2278...

Frame- And-Panel Door: Stock and Joinery
From "Wood Works"
episode WWK-502 -- More Projects »
by David Marks.

David Marks...? Hmmm. David Marks is an excellent woodworker. I
can't believe he's advising anyone to built a single slab door. Okay,
thanks for posting it. Let me peruse the article.

That's the printer friendly version; I don't know where the link to
the original article has gone to, but this is easier to read without
all of the adverts.

Your reading comprehension is seriously flawed. David Marks built a
standard paneled door from a nice wood. You ignored straightforward
descriptions and took away a totally erroneous impression of that
article.

A couple of excerpts from that article:
"We cut our panel stock from a single long board to keep the flowing
grain-patterns intact."

Notice he said one long _board_ was cut for the _panels_. There was
no mention of a huge ass slab at all!

"Once the panel stock has been cut, it should be stacked on wood
stickers -- thin strips of scrap wood -- to allow the wood to
acclimate to the environment and humidity of the shop. Ideally, the
wood should be allowed to acclimate for about 2 weeks to stabilize the
wood. Allowing for wood-movement is an important issue when making
doors. A solid-wood door of this size may "move" as much as 1/4-inch
over the width-span of the door as seasons and humidity change. This
can cause door-sticking or warping and cracking of the finished door.
The frame-and-panel construction of this door allows the structure to
be built to accommodate the movement of the wood."

He's saying exactly the same thing I was saying about wood movement.
That is not surprising as wood does not change it's fookin physical
properties depending on who is working it! How can you read that and
not understand such a perfectly clear description?!

I am not trying to beat up on you, but start with some projects that
are within you skill range - this isn't one of them.

R