What is the typical type of joinery on mitered cabinet doors?

Is the most common method done with biscuits? I'm not sure how the big
production shops cost effectively can do it.

Thanks,

Ted

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:42:54 GMT, Rik Powe
wrote:

What is the typical type of joinery on mitered cabinet doors?

Probably biscuits. Although bridle joints (the hasty man's haunched
tenon) are pretty quick and cheap to make, if you have a production
tenoner.

Hi Ted,

I have done mitered cabinet doors very successfully
using biscuits. No failures after several years,

There is an interesting article in the current FWW
that details mitered mortise/tenons. Looks interesting, but
I don't know if I'm up to that level yet.

I would guess production shops use biscuits, loose tenons
or something like that.

Lou

In article , Rik Powe
wrote:

What is the typical type of joinery on mitered cabinet doors?

Is the most common method done with biscuits? I'm not sure how the big
production shops cost effectively can do it.

Thanks,

Ted

"Rik Powe" wrote in message
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What is the typical type of joinery on mitered cabinet doors?

I wonder how many doors are actually mitered vs. using rail and stiles that
are shaped 2 profile router or shaper bits.
If 45's are used, splines and or biscuits would be a good method to
strengthen the joint.
I have seen mechanical fasteners shot into the corners also.

Is the most common method done with biscuits? I'm not sure how the big
production shops cost effectively can do it.

Thanks,

Ted

The big cabinet shops I've worked in pickup the phone and call their
door/drawer guy with dimensions and a style number. ;^)

BW

Rik Powe wrote:

What is the typical type of joinery on mitered cabinet doors?

Is the most common method done with biscuits? I'm not sure how the big
production shops cost effectively can do it.

Very few production shops use mitered corners on cabinets...they use
coped joints cut w/ matching cutters.

For home shop, buscuits are ok but I personally would either use a
haunched tenon or a through spline if I were doing a quicker/easier
method...

For home shop, buscuits are ok but I personally would either use a
haunched tenon or a through spline if I were doing a quicker/easier
method...

This is. of course, the standard for door construction I think. I use
cope/stick and MT more often than not if I have a choice. Quick
and easy (relatively speaking).

I used mitered corners in a bookself/cabinet project where
the design (my own, more or less) called for a bead around the
inside (next to panel) and outside edge of the doors.

I think the miters were the easiest way to get
crisp 90 degrees at each corner (don't care for the
rounded 'routered' corners much).

Lou