Thread: Newbie Help With Solid Timber Doors Routered Out To Avoid A Veneer - Help Please!

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I think solid doors won't look or be any good, frame and panel would be the way to go.
If you google it, you will find plenty of info on this type of construction

Frame and panel is the traditional method.
However:
I wouldnt give up on veneer just because the stuff you usually see is a bit bland. Ring a veneer- laying outfit like Speciality Veneer Wood Panels in Smithfield and tell them you want some veneer with character - they will understand perfectly.

Then get some plywood. Edge all round with solid timber of exactle the same thickness as the ply. Cut to door size. Take it to Speciality (or whoever) and get them to press it up. They will press right over the ply and solid wood edge. Generally, getting them to supply and press is less cost then you just purchasing the veneer alone.

Nice smooth, modern, lightweight doors that wont cup or split or misbehave.

Preformed veneer-sided ply or mdf products tend to use very bland veneers because they market to the masses. Characterful veneers are available, but usually only as loose leaf.

Ps no connection with Specialty Veneer Panels - just an ocossional customer.

Arron

Pps. I couldnt really understand the options presented in your original post, but poly will ' further bind' nothing - at least not to a useful degree.

Thanks guys.

I don't really like the frame and panel look so would not go down that avenue. But thankyou for taking the time to post!

Will be contacting Speciality Veneer Panel tomorrow!

Any other similar veneer places? I had been in contact with time4timber previously (who I guess given their range use someone like Briggs for veneers?) but the veneers in the book just looked like 0.8mm ply with minimal feature. ps. Vlad was very easy going.

I am really after something that looks like solid wood with grain and even minimal vein (yes I am after my cake and want to eat it too!)

ps. I was previously hoping to just get 2 pieces of recycled 250mm wide (22mm thick) timber and glue them together, leaving for 2-3 weeks after cutting to try and reduce cupping, is this any chance of working?

Originally Posted by squae

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ps. I was previously hoping to just get 2 pieces of recycled 250mm wide (22mm thick) timber and glue them together, leaving for 2-3 weeks after cutting to try and reduce cupping, is this any chance of working?

I am not exactly sure but tending to think it will cup eventually. Is the door going to be enclosed in the cabinet or outside of the cabinet?

What sort of gap will there be between two opposing doors.