Best joint for medicine cabinet doors?

On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 18:26:11 -0500, "Grover" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I've had to build a custom medicine chest for a bathroom. Question is, what
>joint should I use for the twin doors?
>
>2 1/2" frame around the opening, which is roughly 24"h and 28"w by 3 1/2"
>deep. Back will be 1/4" prefinished beadboard. 2 doors - 1 1/4 x 3/4 stock -
>approx 24" by 14". Doors will be mirrored. Chest will be painted.
>
>Thru mortise and tenon? Dowel? Biscuit (I only have standard biscuit
>machine). Mitered? House is circa 1850, bathroom is circa 1925.
>
>My concern is warpage - material is pine.


warpage is not related to jointery.

pine can be anything from impossible to keep from warping to
exquisitely stable. if you're talking about borg pineywood good
luck...

> 1 1/4 x 3/4 stock -

>Thru mortise and tenon? Dowel? Biscuit (I only have standard biscuit
machine)

You need your stock width to be about 2 1/4" wide minimum for a number "0"
biscuit, so biscuits aren't and option with this size door.

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Rumpty

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"Grover" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> I've had to build a custom medicine chest for a bathroom. Question is,
what
> joint should I use for the twin doors?
>
> 2 1/2" frame around the opening, which is roughly 24"h and 28"w by 3 1/2"
> deep. Back will be 1/4" prefinished beadboard. 2 doors - 1 1/4 x 3/4
stock -
> approx 24" by 14". Doors will be mirrored. Chest will be painted.
>
> Thru mortise and tenon? Dowel? Biscuit (I only have standard biscuit
> machine). Mitered? House is circa 1850, bathroom is circa 1925.
>
> My concern is warpage - material is pine.
>
> Thanks for ideas.
>
>
>
>
>
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