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Wardrobe doors

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Wardrobe doors

Postby Woodpile » 15 Feb 2017, 20:09

I've got four shaker style wardrobe doors to make for my daughter, originally I was going to make the styles and top, bottom and middle rails with 25mm MDF, route a 6mm groove to fit two panels of MDF, but I'm thinking this may make the doors heavy, so instead I'm propose to make the the styles and rails with soft wood, routing a groove to accept 6mm MDF. The doors are 1670mm x 450mm, they are to replace some very shabby doors, would the softwood option be best?
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Re: Wardrobe doors

Postby Mike G » 15 Feb 2017, 20:22

My view is that wood is always best for the frames, and that the choice of paneling is less important.
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Re: Wardrobe doors

Postby Oldbill » 15 Feb 2017, 20:37

Get some decent unsorted red from a good timber merchant, not DIY shed rubbish. Hope I'm not preaching to the converted! :)

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Re: Wardrobe doors

Postby Woodpile » 15 Feb 2017, 23:50

Wood it is then.
Nowt wrong with the shed stuff if your prepared to spend half your day searching for stuff that's not, cupped, twisted, split, bowed, full of knotholes....... I know I've missed something!
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