Mark Woodward
5th June 2000, 10:35 PM
Hi all,
I'm making a blanket box/chest/come coffee table using frames and panels. I'm hoping someone can help me out.
1. How deep should the groove around the inside of the frame be. I've got a slot cutter that cuts about 12mm into the frame. This looks a bit too deep. Especially where I have to cut both sides of the frame. The middle of both sides ( there's 2 panels on each side), the middle stile? of the frame is about 40mm wide. So cutting 24mm into the centre of this leaves about 16mm! Is that too little?
2. How far should the panel recess into the frame?
3. Should the bit of the panel that fits into the frame taper or can it be flat? I thought I'd just rebate the outside of the panel as I dont own a panel raising bit. But then I thought if the panel was perpendicular to the groove only a whisker smaller, whats to stop the panel dropping into the frame so theres a large gap at the top and none at the bottom? I read somewhere that you can pack the groove with something like cork to stop this. Wouldn't that just sag over time? What about tapping a couple of flat head brads into the bottom of the groove, sitting up as bit, for the panel to sit on?
4. Having just reread these questions, it's basically the in's and out's of frame and panel construction!! http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/smile.gif
thanks,
Mark
[This message has been edited by Mark Woodward (edited 05 June 2000).]
I'm making a blanket box/chest/come coffee table using frames and panels. I'm hoping someone can help me out.
1. How deep should the groove around the inside of the frame be. I've got a slot cutter that cuts about 12mm into the frame. This looks a bit too deep. Especially where I have to cut both sides of the frame. The middle of both sides ( there's 2 panels on each side), the middle stile? of the frame is about 40mm wide. So cutting 24mm into the centre of this leaves about 16mm! Is that too little?
2. How far should the panel recess into the frame?
3. Should the bit of the panel that fits into the frame taper or can it be flat? I thought I'd just rebate the outside of the panel as I dont own a panel raising bit. But then I thought if the panel was perpendicular to the groove only a whisker smaller, whats to stop the panel dropping into the frame so theres a large gap at the top and none at the bottom? I read somewhere that you can pack the groove with something like cork to stop this. Wouldn't that just sag over time? What about tapping a couple of flat head brads into the bottom of the groove, sitting up as bit, for the panel to sit on?
4. Having just reread these questions, it's basically the in's and out's of frame and panel construction!! http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/smile.gif
thanks,
Mark
[This message has been edited by Mark Woodward (edited 05 June 2000).]