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Below is a link to a short article I wrote that will appear in an upcoming issue of the German company Festool's on-line newsletter called "Sysnotes" that I think may be helpful to some of you. You can download it from the "How to...." page on my web site:
http://jerrywork.com
or directly access it at:
http://thedovetailjoint.squarespace.com/storage/Hidden reinforced miter joint-with Domino XL.pdf
In it I describe a simple way to do hidden reinforced miter joints that will allow even those of you with modest woodworking experience to make really elegant replacement doors for your GMC. The typical door like you may have in your home kitchen or in a Royale uses what is called rail, stile and panel construction. The stiles are the vertical members surrounding the door panel and the rails are the horizontal members. The panel floats (no glue) in a groove cut in both the rail and the stile pieces. The joint where the rail and stile meet is a simple tongue and groove joint. That is, a tongue in one member fits into the groove in the other. The edges of the rail and stile pieces which show towards the panel may have some sort of decorative profile cut into it. If so, the joint where the rail and stile meet will also need to be properly profiled to fit. The panel may or may not have a decorative profile machined into it.
While simple for a woodworking facility to make, rail, stile and panel construction does usually require some specialized tooling so would not be available to many of you wanting to replace the cabinet doors in your coach with something that looks fresher or to replace existing doors that are damaged or delaminating. A more elegant look can be achieved by using miter joints in wood pieces that surround a panel. A miter joint is just a 45 degree angle cut in both adjoining pieces like you see in a picture frame.There are many inexpensive and simple tools with which to cut miter joints all the way from a simple miter box available at any hardware store to a table saw or band saw to a chop saw that you may already own. The problem is simple miter joints are end-grain to end-grain glue ups that are not strong enough for use in our motor coaches and they are difficult to glue up and get square because all four miter joints want to squirm all over the place as you try to glue th
em together. You can try to use special corner clamps like a picture frame shop would use, but those are difficult to employ with a panel in the way.
The article describes a very simple way to add hidden reinforcing in those miter joints that also cause them to come together square and aligned with nothing more than simple bar clamps. All you need is a long drill bit about 1/4" in diameter (called an "aircraft assembly bit"), a stop collar sized for that drill bit, 1/4" dowel and a simple self centering drill jig available at places like Amazon or Harbor Freight for less than $30. You can cut the grooves with anything from a router table and straight bit to an inexpensive table saw. The panels can be decorative plywood, hardwood faced plywood or plywood with glued on laminate material. Built this way, your doors will look decades newer, will be super strong to last a lifetime in motor coach use, and can match your mate's idea of style and good taste. And, you can build them yourself in a weekend or two. Enjoy the read.
Jerry
Jerry Work
The Dovetail Joint
Fine furniture designed and hand crafted in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building in historic Kerby, OR
Visitors always welcome!
glwork@mac.com
http://jerrywork.com
541-592-5360
Founder of the Southern Oregon Guild
www.southernoregonguild.org
Member of the Siskiyou Guild
www.siskiyouguild.org
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| Re: [GMCnet] Replacing cabinet doors [message #150264 is a reply to message #150253] |
Sun, 20 November 2011 15:23  |
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Great article, Jerry. You are a craftsman!
The correct link to the PDF is below. Otherwise, it comes up as being
unavailable.
The Festool Domino Machine
<http://thedovetailjoint.squarespace.com/storage/Festool%20Domino%20Manual%
20Release%201.2%20reduced.pdf>
BTW, good to know about a tool like this. The question is, will Santa
think of me at some point in the future? The answer probably is: "It
depends".
Byron Songer
Louisville, KY
Eastern States - http://www.gmceast.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Work Jerry <glwork@mac.com>
Reply-To: <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:12:16 -0800
To: <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
Subject: [GMCnet] Replacing cabinet doors
>Below is a link to a short article I wrote that will appear in an
>upcoming issue of the German company Festool's on-line newsletter called
>"Sysnotes" that I think may be helpful to some of you. You can download
>it from the "How to...." page on my web site:
>
>http://jerrywork.com
>
>or directly access it at:
>
>http://thedovetailjoint.squarespace.com/storage/Hidden reinforced miter
>joint-with Domino XL.pdf
>
>In it I describe a simple way to do hidden reinforced miter joints that
>will allow even those of you with modest woodworking experience to make
>really elegant replacement doors for your GMC. The typical door like you
>may have in your home kitchen or in a Royale uses what is called rail,
>stile and panel construction. The stiles are the vertical members
>surrounding the door panel and the rails are the horizontal members. The
>panel floats (no glue) in a groove cut in both the rail and the stile
>pieces. The joint where the rail and stile meet is a simple tongue and
>groove joint. That is, a tongue in one member fits into the groove in
>the other. The edges of the rail and stile pieces which show towards the
>panel may have some sort of decorative profile cut into it. If so, the
>joint where the rail and stile meet will also need to be properly
>profiled to fit. The panel may or may not have a decorative profile
>machined into it.
>
>While simple for a woodworking facility to make, rail, stile and panel
>construction does usually require some specialized tooling so would not
>be available to many of you wanting to replace the cabinet doors in your
>coach with something that looks fresher or to replace existing doors that
>are damaged or delaminating. A more elegant look can be achieved by
>using miter joints in wood pieces that surround a panel. A miter joint
>is just a 45 degree angle cut in both adjoining pieces like you see in a
>picture frame.There are many inexpensive and simple tools with which to
>cut miter joints all the way from a simple miter box available at any
>hardware store to a table saw or band saw to a chop saw that you may
>already own. The problem is simple miter joints are end-grain to
>end-grain glue ups that are not strong enough for use in our motor
>coaches and they are difficult to glue up and get square because all four
>miter joints want to squirm all over the place as you try to glue th
> em together. You can try to use special corner clamps like a picture
>frame shop would use, but those are difficult to employ with a panel in
>the way.
>
>The article describes a very simple way to add hidden reinforcing in
>those miter joints that also cause them to come together square and
>aligned with nothing more than simple bar clamps. All you need is a long
>drill bit about 1/4" in diameter (called an "aircraft assembly bit"), a
>stop collar sized for that drill bit, 1/4" dowel and a simple self
>centering drill jig available at places like Amazon or Harbor Freight for
>less than $30. You can cut the grooves with anything from a router table
>and straight bit to an inexpensive table saw. The panels can be
>decorative plywood, hardwood faced plywood or plywood with glued on
>laminate material. Built this way, your doors will look decades newer,
>will be super strong to last a lifetime in motor coach use, and can match
>your mate's idea of style and good taste. And, you can build them
>yourself in a weekend or two. Enjoy the read.
>
>Jerry
>Jerry Work
>The Dovetail Joint
>Fine furniture designed and hand crafted in the 1907 former Masonic
>Temple building in historic Kerby, OR
>Visitors always welcome!
>glwork@mac.com
>http://jerrywork.com
>541-592-5360
>
>Founder of the Southern Oregon Guild
> www.southernoregonguild.org
>Member of the Siskiyou Guild
> www.siskiyouguild.org
>
>
>
>
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>GMCnet mailing list
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