I need to build some cabinet doors for my garage/workshop.

As I mentioned in another post, I also have a bunch of short cedar T&G 1x6
cutoffs, most about 14" to 16" long.

Can anyone recommend methods of building larger cabinet doors (15"x48" or
so), using shorter boards?

In the past, I have constructed simple framed doors by ripping off the
tongues and grooves, edge gluing the boards into panels, then ran them
through the planer to achieve the thin panels I need. But, the short boards
would mean each door would require multiple panels. Doable, but not really
the look I am after.

I could probably make large panels with the grain running horizontal
instead of vertical, but I'm not sure how I would plane it smooth (Can you
plane boards "across" the grain?) or if the panel would expand and contract
too much.

Since these doors will be used in the garage, I would actually like to
avoid the edges of a framed door. Just one more thing to collect dust. Is
there a good way to make a flat door with short cutoffs? If I just glued a
frame around the underside of a panel, would I run into cracking problems
as the panel tried to expand and contract?

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Anthony

HerHusband wrote:
I need to build some cabinet doors for my garage/workshop.

As I mentioned in another post, I also have a bunch of short cedar
T&G 1x6 cutoffs, most about 14" to 16" long.

Can anyone recommend methods of building larger cabinet doors
(15"x48" or so), using shorter boards?

Just glue them up, overlapping end joints in each piece with other
boards on each side. Easiest done if all the boards are the same width
to start with.
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In the past, I have constructed simple framed doors by ripping off the
tongues and grooves, edge gluing the boards into panels, then ran them
through the planer to achieve the thin panels I need. But, the short
boards would mean each door would require multiple panels. Doable,
but not really the look I am after.

Paint them
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I could probably make large panels with the grain running horizontal
instead of vertical, but I'm not sure how I would plane it smooth
(Can you plane boards "across" the grain?) or if the panel would
expand and contract too much.

Since these doors will be used in the garage, I would actually like to
avoid the edges of a framed door. Just one more thing to collect
dust. Is there a good way to make a flat door with short cutoffs?

See above
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If I just glued a frame around the underside of a panel, would I run
into cracking problems as the panel tried to expand and contract?

Why bother with frame and panels? Make solid doors and either full
overlay or inset them.


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"HerHusband" wrote in message
...
I need to build some cabinet doors for my garage/workshop.

As I mentioned in another post, I also have a bunch of short cedar T&G 1x6
cutoffs, most about 14" to 16" long.

Can anyone recommend methods of building larger cabinet doors (15"x48" or
so), using shorter boards?

In the past, I have constructed simple framed doors by ripping off the
tongues and grooves, edge gluing the boards into panels, then ran them
through the planer to achieve the thin panels I need. But, the short
boards
would mean each door would require multiple panels. Doable, but not really
the look I am after.

I could probably make large panels with the grain running horizontal
instead of vertical, but I'm not sure how I would plane it smooth (Can you
plane boards "across" the grain?) or if the panel would expand and
contract
too much.

wide belt sander

the expansion/contraction wouldn't matter, since the ends aren't
constrained. mix in some thin slats of some exotics.

Since these doors will be used in the garage, I would actually like to
avoid the edges of a framed door. Just one more thing to collect dust. Is
there a good way to make a flat door with short cutoffs? If I just glued
a
frame around the underside of a panel, would I run into cracking problems
as the panel tried to expand and contract?

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Anthony

"HerHusband" wrote in message
...
I need to build some cabinet doors for my garage/workshop.

As I mentioned in another post, I also have a bunch of short cedar T&G 1x6
cutoffs, most about 14" to 16" long.

Can anyone recommend methods of building larger cabinet doors (15"x48" or
so), using shorter boards?
Good jointing; lots of glue, and lots of clamps.

In the past, I have constructed simple framed doors by ripping off the
tongues and grooves, edge gluing the boards into panels, then ran them
through the planer to achieve the thin panels I need. But, the short
boards
would mean each door would require multiple panels. Doable, but not really
the look I am after.
If you are just trying to save money, you take what you can get.

I could probably make large panels with the grain running horizontal
instead of vertical, but I'm not sure how I would plane it smooth (Can you
plane boards "across" the grain?) or if the panel would expand and
contract
too much.
Belt sander or long hand plane.

Since these doors will be used in the garage, I would actually like to
avoid the edges of a framed door. Just one more thing to collect dust. Is
there a good way to make a flat door with short cutoffs? If I just glued
a
frame around the underside of a panel, would I run into cracking problems
as the panel tried to expand and contract?
Use cauls to keep the panel flat while the glue dries.
Long grain to long grain is OK. Short grain to short grain is OK. Long
grain to short grain leads to problems.
Jim

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Anthony

Jim wrote:

"HerHusband" wrote in message
...
I need to build some cabinet doors for my garage/workshop.

As I mentioned in another post, I also have a bunch of short cedar T&G 1x6
cutoffs, most about 14" to 16" long.

Can anyone recommend methods of building larger cabinet doors (15"x48" or
so), using shorter boards?
Good jointing; lots of glue, and lots of clamps.

You can make the boards longer with a "finger joint" router bit, such
as http://www.freud-tools.com/freudfinjoin.html so you can connect
them on the endgrain. I'd probably get a cheaper one though if you're
not gonna use it much (or likely to destroy it, as I do :-)

Moulding is usually connected like that to make 20' lengths out of
shorter runs (since we already chopped down most of the 20' high trees)

That's what Ikea uses for some of their "solid wood" products that are
assembled out of many pieces of 2" wood chunks (looks like they
already chopped down all the trees more than a foot high :-)

Keep the T&G in the glue joints.
Overlap as stated by someone else.
Put a couple of little crossbucks on the back.
Keep the grain vertical and use planer if necessary.
It's a lot of work, but I love to use scraps. Have you considered
birdhouses?
Wilson
"HerHusband" wrote in message
...
I need to build some cabinet doors for my garage/workshop.

As I mentioned in another post, I also have a bunch of short cedar T&G 1x6
cutoffs, most about 14" to 16" long.

Can anyone recommend methods of building larger cabinet doors (15"x48" or
so), using shorter boards?

In the past, I have constructed simple framed doors by ripping off the
tongues and grooves, edge gluing the boards into panels, then ran them
through the planer to achieve the thin panels I need. But, the short
boards
would mean each door would require multiple panels. Doable, but not really
the look I am after.

I could probably make large panels with the grain running horizontal
instead of vertical, but I'm not sure how I would plane it smooth (Can you
plane boards "across" the grain?) or if the panel would expand and
contract
too much.

Since these doors will be used in the garage, I would actually like to
avoid the edges of a framed door. Just one more thing to collect dust. Is
there a good way to make a flat door with short cutoffs? If I just glued
a
frame around the underside of a panel, would I run into cracking problems
as the panel tried to expand and contract?

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Anthony

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:36:08 -0500, HerHusband
wrote:

I need to build some cabinet doors for my garage/workshop.

As I mentioned in another post, I also have a bunch of short cedar T&G 1x6
cutoffs, most about 14" to 16" long.

Can anyone recommend methods of building larger cabinet doors (15"x48" or
so), using shorter boards?

Finger-jointing can also be done on the table saw if you're really
careful.

In the past, I have constructed simple framed doors by ripping off the
tongues and grooves, edge gluing the boards into panels, then ran them
through the planer to achieve the thin panels I need.

If you mean removing the T&G from every board, they can be left in for
a different look.

I could probably make large panels with the grain running horizontal
instead of vertical, but I'm not sure how I would plane it smooth.

Unless there are a lot of knots a hand plane should be easy, it's
only cedar.

Joe