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Duane Bozarth
 
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David wrote:

Sasha wrote:

I am considering making mitered raised panel doors for my kitchen
instead of traditional ones. How harder or easier is it to make mitered
doors? How strong are they? My primary concern is how to reinforce
mitered join. Is #10 biscuit string enough?

the trickiest part I see is getting the miters PRECISELY 45 degrees so
that the glue line will be uniform so that the joints won't come apart
under repeated stress. Use the largest biscuits you can fit into the
joints. Rail/stile construction is the norm. what's the reason you
want to make mitered doors? lack of tools? prefer the "look"?

dave


Cutting precise miters shouldn't be a problem. As someone else noted, a
spline would also work well here and could add some "pizzazz" to the
finished product.