Our New Kitchen

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Comment by Hazen Kent on November 19, 2010 at 11:12am

Ahhh...gotcha! Thanks!

Comment by Jim Delorme on November 19, 2010 at 8:35am

Hi Hazen,
I use 3/8 thick panels to achieve a heavy and substantial feeling door and the grove is 7/16 deep.
If you prepare the rails and styles with tongue and groves as per normal you can then drill pockets in the rails and still have enough material to hold the screw head and the screw without compromising the strength of the joint. The tongue also gives you a nice flush fit as well as extra strength.

Comment by Hazen Kent on November 19, 2010 at 8:10am

P.S..sorry for my various typos!

Comment by Hazen Kent on November 19, 2010 at 8:07am

Well, first off...NEWBIE! Geez...! You are obviously a good and humble man...because your work blew me away! I have really admired all your work and especially your cabinet work (kitchen and BR Vanities as well as Bryan Bruzan's) and I appreciate you showing some "progress" pix. My wife loves your work too! And thanks a lot! Now she wants her bathroom and kitchen like that!!!! ;-) "Hey Honey...can't you do that!!" Oh well...seriously thought... I was thinking last night...if the rails and stiles of your cabinet doors (any cabinet door) are 2.5 inches, couldn't I cut an 1/8 inch groove about 3/8" deep in each for the panels which would still leave me a tad over 2" of stock to KREG-up? (Just curious and brainstorming here). I ask this because...I haven't even reached newbies level yet! - obviously, right! ;-) Thanks in advance - Hazen

Comment by Jim Delorme on November 18, 2010 at 6:09pm

Thanks Hazen,

I had to use a combination of tongue & grove and pocket hole because I couldn't figure a way to grove the door frames for the panels and still leave something to to screw into. Looking back now I could have used a router with stops to create the groves instead of a dado but I'm still a newbie at this.

Comment by Hazen Kent on November 18, 2010 at 2:56pm

Jim, wonderful work! Been lurking for some time. Question re. your cabinet doors if you don't mind...based on your other projects, I assumed you KREG'd your door frames, but my question is...did you still cut out a groove and slip in the panel? Thanks!

Comment by Jim Delorme on November 10, 2010 at 10:22am

Thanks Al, my wife is very happy and now she has a honey do list of other projects for me that includes laundry room cabinets, a mud room bench and a built in for the family room to start.

Comment by Al Barale on November 10, 2010 at 3:31am

You have done an excellent job with the Kitchen cabinets Jim.