On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:23:28 GMT, lucky4fingers
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Any consensus / standards on rail & stile widths for cabinet doors?
>Should they be the same, I've always made my rails wider than the stiles,
>but now I'm rethinking that.
>Fire away!
>TIA
I read a piece a while ago where the guy writing said that 2" flats
(2 3/8" per rail & stile uncut) was about the correct dimension for a
balanced look. Unless your cutting curved top or bottom rails. This
is what I've been going with. An exception would be door size per
unit. A real small piece would have a narrower flat surface and an
over size panel would be wider.
Just my 2 cents. Basically, it's what looks good to you and your end
user.
Pete
2 1/2" stiles and rails. Just an old convention around here, but there is
no law.
"lucky4fingers" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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| Any consensus / standards on rail & stile widths for cabinet doors?
| Should they be the same, I've always made my rails wider than the stiles,
| but now I'm rethinking that.
| Fire away!
| TIA
"lucky4fingers" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Any consensus / standards on rail & stile widths for cabinet doors?
> Should they be the same, I've always made my rails wider than the stiles,
> but now I'm rethinking that.
> Fire away!
> TIA
The size should be appropriate to the use. I have done 1" and 4".
But they have always been the same.
lucky4fingers <[email protected]> wrote:
>Any consensus / standards on rail & stile widths for cabinet doors?
>Should they be the same, I've always made my rails wider than the stiles,
>but now I'm rethinking that.
Most of the examples I have seen have the same width rails and stiles,
or possibly slightly larger bottom rails.
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Rails and stiles are usually cut 2" plus the depth of the panel groove wide.
This usually makes them either 2-1/4 or 2-3/8" wide - depending on whose
router bits you use. The reason for making them that width is that it makes
all of the calculations for door size easier - including the panel. If you
need an inset door for a 16 x 24" opening and your cutter makes a 3/8 inch
deep groove, the panel will be 16 - 4 = 12 wide by 24 - 4 = 20 long. And
all of the sticks will be cut 2-3/8" wide. For offset doors, just add twice
the offset dimension to the panel width and length.
Jim Seelye
"lucky4fingers" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Any consensus / standards on rail & stile widths for cabinet doors?
> Should they be the same, I've always made my rails wider than the stiles,
> but now I'm rethinking that.
> Fire away!
> TIA
Yes, as a matter of fact it does. I much prefer all of my rails and stiles
to be in the ballpark of 2" wide. I will very seldom make them much wider
and I almost never go any narrower. If the size of the door requires
something different, I will usually change the door design. The only place
that I don't make the overall width about 2" is for cathedral style doors -
and even there, I'll make the narrowest portion 2" wide.
Jim Seelye
"alexy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "seelyjv" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Rails and stiles are usually cut 2" plus the depth of the panel groove
>>wide.
>>This usually makes them either 2-1/4 or 2-3/8" wide - depending on whose
>>router bits you use. The reason for making them that width is that it
>>makes
>>all of the calculations for door size easier
> Seems like a bizarre thing to let drive a design decision. If 2" looks
> right on a 12x18 door, so you really think it would look right on an
> 18x48" door?
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"seelyjv" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Rails and stiles are usually cut 2" plus the depth of the panel groove wide.
>This usually makes them either 2-1/4 or 2-3/8" wide - depending on whose
>router bits you use. The reason for making them that width is that it makes
>all of the calculations for door size easier
Seems like a bizarre thing to let drive a design decision. If 2" looks
right on a 12x18 door, so you really think it would look right on an
18x48" door?
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