I'm building a new vanity for our powder room downstairs, and I'm making it out of cherry - to match the cabinets in the nearby kitchen. It's going to be somewhat Shaker/Craftsman style, so the doors will have their cope & stick cuts with a T & G router bit set that will leave a 1/4" groove for the panel.
The two doors are going to need small panels, as will the upper false drawer front. I'm talking about panels that will be about 10" x 20" (2) and 3" x 24". The easy way would be to buy 1/4" cherry plywood, but that's also a lot of money to spend for a 4 x 8 sheet to use a fourth of it. Who knows when I'd ever use the rest of the sheet?
So, I've been thinking of using panels made from solid cherry. I'm thinking of re-sawing some 5/4 x 5" wide boards I have to about about 1/2 - 5/8" thick, jointing the edges, gluing them to get the width and then thicknessing them to 1/4"
What's the consensus on making panels this thin of solid wood? Am I going to get a lot of cupping?
Thanks -
Steve
The two doors are going to need small panels, as will the upper false drawer front. I'm talking about panels that will be about 10" x 20" (2) and 3" x 24". The easy way would be to buy 1/4" cherry plywood, but that's also a lot of money to spend for a 4 x 8 sheet to use a fourth of it. Who knows when I'd ever use the rest of the sheet?
So, I've been thinking of using panels made from solid cherry. I'm thinking of re-sawing some 5/4 x 5" wide boards I have to about about 1/2 - 5/8" thick, jointing the edges, gluing them to get the width and then thicknessing them to 1/4"
What's the consensus on making panels this thin of solid wood? Am I going to get a lot of cupping?
Thanks -
Steve