I am building an armoire or chiferobe with large doors.
My daughter wanted two cloths bars with no drawers at the bottom.
This made the doors very long.

Here are the specs on each door.
- mission style
- 3/4" red oak rail & stile
- size 21" x 75"
- two panel
- 1/4" plywood panels

I need help with four questions:
1. How wide should the rail & stile be? ( the carcass has a 3" wide face
frame)
2. Should I try flush doors considering the 75" length?
3. What kind of hinges would be best for flush doors?
4. What kind of hinges would be best for overlapping doors?

Would appreciate any advice.

TomH

"Tom H" wrote in message
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I am building an armoire or chiferobe with large doors.
My daughter wanted two cloths bars with no drawers at the bottom.
This made the doors very long.

Here are the specs on each door.
- mission style
- 3/4" red oak rail & stile
- size 21" x 75"
- two panel
- 1/4" plywood panels

I need help with four questions:
1. How wide should the rail & stile be? ( the carcass has a 3" wide face
frame)

At least 2" wide. Wider would be governed by appearance from that point.

2. Should I try flush doors considering the 75" length?

If the doors are flat, wither flush or overlayed would be fine. If not flat
overlay may look better with perhaps a latch.

3. What kind of hinges would be best for flush doors?

I prefer morticed wrap around hinges. They wrap around to the back side of
hte face frame and the door stile.

4. What kind of hinges would be best for overlapping doors?

On top of the face frame? I prefer Euro stile hinges that do not show.





Would appreciate any advice.

TomH

I prefer inset doors with a lip, so I don't have to be accurate, but I have
just done 44 overlay doors, some about that size. I used Blum #38 35mm
hinges. First try with them, but I like them now. I used three on the long
doors, center and 6" from each end. If any of your stiles are bent, use
them on th ehinge side, so the hinges will straighten them a bit. I bought
so many they only cost $0.90 each at WW Supply.
WL
"Tom H" wrote in message
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I am building an armoire or chiferobe with large doors.
My daughter wanted two cloths bars with no drawers at the bottom.
This made the doors very long.

Here are the specs on each door.
- mission style
- 3/4" red oak rail & stile
- size 21" x 75"
- two panel
- 1/4" plywood panels

I need help with four questions:
1. How wide should the rail & stile be? ( the carcass has a 3" wide face
frame)
2. Should I try flush doors considering the 75" length?
3. What kind of hinges would be best for flush doors?
4. What kind of hinges would be best for overlapping doors?

Would appreciate any advice.

TomH

What hinge do you use with lip doors?

"Wilson" wrote in message
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I prefer inset doors with a lip, so I don't have to be accurate, but I have
just done 44 overlay doors, some about that size. I used Blum #38 35mm
hinges. First try with them, but I like them now. I used three on the
long doors, center and 6" from each end. If any of your stiles are bent,
use them on th ehinge side, so the hinges will straighten them a bit. I
bought so many they only cost $0.90 each at WW Supply.
WL
"Tom H" wrote in message
. com...
I am building an armoire or chiferobe with large doors.
My daughter wanted two cloths bars with no drawers at the bottom.
This made the doors very long.

Here are the specs on each door.
- mission style
- 3/4" red oak rail & stile
- size 21" x 75"
- two panel
- 1/4" plywood panels

I need help with four questions:
1. How wide should the rail & stile be? ( the carcass has a 3" wide face
frame)
2. Should I try flush doors considering the 75" length?
3. What kind of hinges would be best for flush doors?
4. What kind of hinges would be best for overlapping doors?

Would appreciate any advice.

TomH

I built something similar a few years back. I don't know the reason for her
not wanting the drawers. But the lady I built this one for didn't either. I
just built it as though the drawers were there, but the drawer fronts were
'dummies'. That made the doors shorter and kept 'stuff' that gets piled in
the bottom from falling out when the door was opened. She was happy with it.
Just a thought.......


"Tom H" wrote in message
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I am building an armoire or chiferobe with large doors.
My daughter wanted two cloths bars with no drawers at the bottom.
This made the doors very long.

Here are the specs on each door.
- mission style
- 3/4" red oak rail & stile
- size 21" x 75"
- two panel
- 1/4" plywood panels

I need help with four questions:
1. How wide should the rail & stile be? ( the carcass has a 3" wide face
frame)
2. Should I try flush doors considering the 75" length?
3. What kind of hinges would be best for flush doors?
4. What kind of hinges would be best for overlapping doors?

Would appreciate any advice.

TomH


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