Thread: Drawer panels

If you air dried it for several years why did you then put it in a kiln? Is that normal?
Looking forward to the pics.

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I love Tas Oak, and it is very easy to work with.

Dave you can only get the moisture content down to 14% by air drying in Tassie. They also recondition with steam before placing in the kiln which should leave a very stable board.

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Bugger me wrong pic sorry.Actually daughters school project!

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I'm intrigued by the 4 marks (pyrography?) on the LH stile

Originally Posted by Somerfly

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geez, I hate being Casandra

BUT the grain should be running horizontally, not vertically

It is better when fibers along the long party. And at you along short. There can be problems.

Originally Posted by ian

geez, I hate being Casandra

BUT the grain should be running horizontally, not vertically

I've seen a lot of "solid" timber kitchen cupboard drawer fronts do the drawers in this orientation to match the adjacent doors. These aren't for dovetailed drawers.

Hi Ray they are just the spacers to keep the floating panel centred. The grain is running vertically to match cupboards around the corner. Makes more work but will look better hopefully.
Thanks Wayne

Originally Posted by Somerfly

Hi Ray they are just the spacers to keep the floating panel centred. The grain is running vertically to match cupboards around the corner. Makes more work but will look better hopefully.

Hi Wayne
Good luck with your construction. Are the corners of the frame mortice and tenon, cope and stick or mitered?

Looks good .

Built right, there is no difference with a short height like that with the grain running that direction than a tall panel . They both do the same thing and its done that way as well as the other.

The panel just needs to be able to expand and contract with out being restrained.

Rob

The drawers in one of our kitchens even had drawer fronts cut through out of a single frame and panel door to match the rest of the cabinet doors. The cope and stick was glued around the panel pieces and screwed to the fronts of the drawer boxes. Seemed to work ok, I figured the kitchen was at least 20 years old and none were falling apart.