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The panel frame was made from 1" thick
stock, which was quickly assembled using pocket-hole screws.
Next, using a rabbeting bit in the router, I cut a 3/4"
deep rabbet into the inside of the frame. I then set a
3/4" thick piece of veneered plywood in the middle,
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The panel frame. |
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result is an authentic looking flat panel construction,
which can be assembled quickly and easily. There's no
fiddling with mortises and tenons or cope-and-stick router
work, no gluing up flat panels and no raised-panel fussing.
And since the panel is plywood, there aren't any wood |
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A cross-section of the panel frame. |
movement worries. Finally, the plywood panel lines up
flush with the inside of the rails and stiles, so the
entire inside of the panel is flat, which can simplify
construction. For this project in particular, the flush
side makes it easy to fasten drawer slides to the side
panel.
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