"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message

I'm in the midst of building 7 bookcases for our new
house. I've got the cases together and am starting on
the face frames. Usually I do my own design, but I ran
across a plan I really liked the looks of so I'm using it.

The face frame has a 2.5" wide top rail and a 5.5" wide
bottom rail. The stiles are 2" wide. Not worried about
the top rail but that wide bottom rail seems to me to be
pushing the limits for cross-grain construction.

Measure the rails in a wood door sometime. A year or two ago I made four 1
1/2" thick wood doors; the lock rails are either 5" or 5.5", don't recall at
the moment; bottom rail is 8" wide.

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dadiOH
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