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I'm making a wall type cabinet and and am ready to make the door. Any
experience with the durability of using a
stub tenon for the frame and panel door? The panel is veneer over a
substrate, so it could be glued to the rails and stiles for increased
rigidity. Or am I just asking for trouble down the line?



I have probably built a hundred cabinet doors this way, with floating
panels. There should be no issue with this method unless the panel is extra
extra extra large.

They are quick and easy to build. If you have never built them I recommend
cutting the grove for the panels first. Cut the rails the finished length
plus double the length equal to the depth of the groove depth. Run the
rails and styles through the TS making 2 passes flipping the board end for
end after each pass so that the groove ends up dead center to establish the
width to fit the panel.

Then with the TS and dado blades or a router table and a large straight cut
bit form the tennons on the rails to just a hair short of the depth of the
grooves.