preferred method of cabinet door with bead
9/9/19
we are making stile and rail doors with a bead on the inside profile of the stile and rail. we can apply the bead after constructing the doors, or we can machine the bead onto the parts and haunch and miter the door parts. which is preferred and why? waltzcraft makes this door with the applied bead but they create a shelf on the door part where the bead is applied. not sure what the benefits are. thanks for any help.
9/10/19 #2: preferred method of cabinet door wi ...
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When you say "Bead" are you referring to a small molding like a rope molding? If that is what you are doing, I would probably order these from Waltz Craft. But if I were to make a door with an inside detail, I would have mitered corners assembled with a mortise and tenon. I would apply the molding after the doors were assembled. There is always some sanding on the doors and I would not want to have the molding sanded.
9/10/19 #3: preferred method of cabinet door wi ...
Hardware Resources also sells this door. It is mitered but will be cheaper than you can make them. Should be cheaper than Walcraft also.
9/11/19 #4: preferred method of cabinet door wi ...
If you are not set up to run the profile then applying the bead after is not difficult but tedious. This allows you options on the specie of the bead if contrasting and exact size. Usually the panel is closer to the back of the frame to leave a place for the bead and a little reveal too.You can easily run the bead stock yourself. Good luck
9/11/19 #5: preferred method of cabinet door wi ...
We usually made a normal cope and stick door. Whenever we had the room we would include a shelf on the frame for the bead to sit on, that way the panel could still float in the frame.
9/11/19 #6: preferred method of cabinet door wi ...
thanks for the replies. ex-pat, how did you create the shelf for the bead? these are painted doors with an mdf flat panel so I don't think it will move enough to matter, but that shelf intrigues me. thanks again everybody
9/11/19 #7: preferred method of cabinet door wi ...
We made the stiles and rails wider and then routed out the shelf with an overhead router. A little old school I guess, we didn't have a CNC at that point. If you mitered your doors you could rabbet out the shelf on a shaper too, that would be quicker.