Reeded Fronts
2/13/24
How are you guys building your stain grade reeded doors/ drawerfronts? I still don't understand how this can be done without fear of wood movement issues.
2/13/24 #2: Reeded Fronts ...
I had to make some beaded panel doors. I used a Point Roundover Router bit. It was solid carbide with an 1/8"R by Amana (#56125). I spaced these beads at 1.5" on center. But you could just as easily put them one after the other by using 1/4" spacing between cuts (really 0.28" spacing) and make reeded panels or full drawer fronts or doors out of them.
It would be insane to try to do it without a CNC.
View higher quality, full size image (1024 X 662)
2/13/24 #3: Reeded Fronts ...
You can buy bead board plywood
2/14/24 #4: Reeded Fronts ...
I cut the beads on a table saw using a magic moulder starting from, either the center or half the spacing off center and working my way out depending on the width of the panel. I can do it on my CNC but prefer the table saw. I stop at the edge so the last bead is not against the style.
2/14/24 #5: Reeded Fronts ...
I'm seeing beadboard fronts and hearing a question regarding reeded fronts
Two different animals.
I also male breadboard panels with an LRH breadboard cutter on the tablesaw.
For reeded fronts I had knives ground with 3/16" radius reed profile at 3/8" centers and includes a shiplap edge. It's running in a W&H
I can run an approx 5 1/2" width board
Most times I bond them on 3/8" mdfc of matched species, usually rift sawn white oak, and band the perimeter with 3/8 quirk bead edging.
Have had no problems with expansion or contraction
Helps if you lay out your doors on 3/8" increments plus edging thickness x 2 when designing your project
2/14/24 #6: Reeded Fronts ...
Jim- how thick is your Reeded shiplap that is applied to the 3/8 MDF panel? Are you vacuum pressing ?
2/14/24 #7: Reeded Fronts ...
The reeded shiplap is 3/8 thick, glued to A-2 MDFC rift sawn white oak with type 1 white glue, and attached with 5/8 x 23 ga pins
Allowed to dry and trimmed to final size, then 5/16" x 13/16" quirk bead edging a
mitered and glued around the perimeter
I sure there are other technically better (vac pressed) methods but I've had no issues with warpage or delamination
One job was all base cabinet doors and drawer fronts plus some 32"x80" wall bed doors but they were secured to the metal wall bed frame so held flat