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  1. 5th August 2008, 12:05 AM #1
    StuInTrouble
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    Default Rail and Stile doors - advice needed

    Hi all,

    I've just put in a complete new kitchen for my mum......except for the doors. I'm all set up with the Triton router bench and want to make my own rail and stile doors with a raised panel in the centre. I've already made a couple of test doors from pine but they have twisted on me.

    I don't want to spend a fortune on this and would like some advice on what sort of timber you guys would suggest to make the doors out of. I'm thinking a soft wood to keep the weight down but are some timbers more prone to twisting than others?? should I go kiln dried?? I'm working in Sydney but come from the Hunter Valley. Can anyone also suggest a timber yard where I might get a decent piece of timber from?

    One last thought - the doors will be stained so grain is an issue.

    Grateful of any help
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    Stu
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  3. 5th August 2008, 01:45 PM #2
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    I have just finished my kitchen.
    Never made a door in my life before but ended up pretty good, I think.
    All doors were mede in knotfree pine.
    Send me a private message and I will give you some pointers.
    Wolffie
    These are my wall cabinets, we made the bottom half of the doors with a glass insert.
    This is the kitchen we built seen from one end
    This is seen from the other end.
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