Call backs are a problem.  I can certainly see a commercial shop wanting to avoid them and building to avoid them.

 

I'm just surprised by the statement because I never heard this on the custom end of things.  As far as I know thin panels are routinely made of solid wood when when the design calls for unusual woods or for book matching - situations where there are no MDF core products available.  But there is also certainly a wider world out there than my experience alone.

38 minutes ago, JWD said:

As far as I know thin panels are routinely made of solid wood when when the design calls for unusual woods or for book matching - situations where there are no MDF core products available

When I was a kitchen designer, a rep told me that solid center panels (reverse raised panels) were better when a lighter finish was used, especially with cherry.  He said a veneer might not take the finish or age the same as the adjacent solid wood door frame.  They didn't like warranty claims either.

When I do raised panel it floats and there will be no cracks. Well maybe when the panel shrinks a bit of crack  (space ) at the edge.

19 hours ago, JWD said:

Call backs are a problem.  I can certainly see a commercial shop wanting to avoid them and building to avoid them.

 

I'm just surprised by the statement because I never heard this on the custom end of things.  As far as I know thin panels are routinely made of solid wood when when the design calls for unusual woods or for book matching - situations where there are no MDF core products available.  But there is also certainly a wider world out there than my experience alone.

I’ve  made doors a long time and all doors are 5/8 or thicker reverse  to flat otr not. I’ve never been asked to make a 1/4  solid door for a door.  Now when a lot of cheaper solid doors are made these days the  are arounfd 3/8. 
 

Over the years almost all doors will have a flat panel of 1/4 if they are still using 1/4 cutters or less or using the new dimension cutters .

Edited March 16, 20251 yr by BillyJack

Sorry, I wasn't clear.  I meant custom furniture rather than cabinetry.  Different trades, different practices.

 

Most of the guys I knew in that field had little experience in manufacturing cabinets, so we tended to stick to traditional furniture methods with modifications for machine production.  But as I said, my experience was one little corner of a large trade, without much overlap to the much larger woodworking trades.

Custom cabinetry isn’t furniture..

 

But this is totally off track I believe from the OP’s post..

Edited March 17, 20251 yr by BillyJack

Took a few days to build a table for my bench top drill press so hinge holes can be properly drilled.

Primed the doors today. Bought a critter sprayer and I’m probably halfway along the learning curve. Had to thin the primer more than I would have guessed.

Edited April 7, 20251 yr by JimM
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Nice job on the drill press table.