On 7/8/2012 11:24 AM, Tom wrote:

The panel in question is in a rail and stile frame. It's about 32 X 15
in a frame that's about 36 X 22. The frame is held together by through
tenons.

Posting some pics to a.b.p.w

Any thoughts?

Hmmmm ... where are the "through tenons"?

IOW, it looks more like the door frame is joined with miter joints in
the photos?

If so, the question then becomes whether the miter's were done with some
type of spline, biscuit, etc.?

Is that a bow in both stiles from the panel warping, or is that camera
distortion?

Just a SWAG, but considering the doors warped, and if the stiles are
indeed bowed ... something which would not have happened with a properly
designed "frame and panel" ... then the entire construction method may
be suspect, and perhaps to your benefit.

Are you positive that what to appear to be miter joints in the photos
are reinforced in some manner (I see no evidence of "through tenons" or
a spline, although it may just be the photos)?

My point ... applying some heat to an inherently weak, un-reinforced,
miter joint, joinery put together by someone who obviously does not
appear to have been an expert in joinery from the current state of
thing, might actually allow you to get that frame apart?

Just a thought, and a long shot, but something to consider ... hard to
troubleshoot from photos alone.

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