kitchen door cabinet

pedriska · 31 Oct 2016

I have made a kitchen door cabinet, RAISED PANEL. The middle part, the raised part, made of MDF. and the stiles and rails of poplar. I want to glue them ALL on its perimeter side AND forget the expansion and contraction. CAN I DO IT?
My idea is to have only "ONE PIECE" DOOR and NOT to think about the expansion and contraction.
PLEASE need ADVICE.

Deleted member 174758 · 1 Nov 2016

Yes you can do it - but it will almost certainly fail at some time in the future. The design of frame and panel doors is specifically so that the frame can expand and contract with changes in atmospheric humidity so by locking them all together if/when the glue moves and the MDF doesn't the glue joint will be put under stress which will eventually result in a glue joint failure. But then you knew that, I'm sure

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