On 12/11/12 8:42 AM, Leon wrote:
On 12/11/2012 8:33 AM, wrote:
Just finished building a new shop. 24X24 One wall will have a large
section of shop built cabinets. I'd like to put doors on the cabinets
to keep the dust out of my stuff (well at least try). I want fast
cheap and dimensionally stable. I could cut up a bunch of 3/4 MDF for
the doors but that stuff is heavy and the hinges may rip out with shop
use. I could make real rail and stile doors with a ply panel but that
is a lot of work for a shop door. Plywood warps unless you use the
expensive baltic birch stuff.

Then I had an idea. I'd like your comments. What if I took a sheet of
1/4 luan and laid it on the concrete floor. Using liquid nails I glued
a series of 1x4 clear pine in the shape of the desired door sizes.
Then I glue another sheet of luan to the top. Compress the whole thing
with concrete blocks. After a couple of days, cut out the doors by
ripping them such that each door has 1/2 the width of the 1x4. I'd end
up with a light, strong and dimensionally stable, door. A 4x8 sheet of
doors at a time. Would they be as good as I think?

John



I would go with the MDF, cheap and fast and the green stuff is water
resistant, almost water proof.

You have a valid concern about the hinges. If you are putting face
frames on your cabinets these Blum face frame Euro hinges are up to the
challenge and are very very reasonably priced especially in multiples of
50.

http://www.wwhardware.com/blum-compa...-hinges-b038n/

I use the 1/2" overlay, screw in, by the hundreds.


I just used a bunch of those for double refined (heavy!) mdf doors and
they are very strong and sturdy.


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