end grain door panel

[cerdeira]

I'm thinking of making a small door panel off end grain pieces, similar to a cutting board. does anyone see any major incovenient in doing this?

I've tried a web search but could not come up with much information besides cutting boards.

thanks

 

[custard]

The chances are it will warp, twist, shrink, and split.

Apart from that it should be fine!

 

[Racers]

And not be very strong.

If you can cut thin slices and glue them onto a backer with balancing ones on the back it should be o/k.

Pete

 

[dejaa]

Hi

I suspect that you have been unable to find any web based information because of the inconveniences of making such a panel.

Unlike cutting boards which generally have a thickness of at least 40mm the glue face on a door panel is likely to be only about, say, 10mm, that's not a very large, but probably enough on a small panel. Any thinner and the panel is likely to become flimsy, due to the grain direction. Creating 2 flat surfaces might be a bit problematic, it might help to glue up on a flat surface like the table saw bed? It will likely be too thin (and not strong enough) to run through a thicknesser,

Personally I would recommend veneering.

David

 

[dickm]

Have a look for "laburnum oysters" to give some ideas. These are end grain, but mounted on a baseboard. For a small door, about 200mm by 150mm, I've got away with only attaching them to one side of a 10mm board, but it's obviously a bit of a gamble.

 

[blackrodd]

Apart from the strength issues, using such an item as a door, I would say that hanging the door itself would be a nightmare.
There's a vast difference between a 12" cutting board, used and supported by the worktop underneath and a 6'6" door
falling off it's hinges, which it very quickly would.
Regards Rodders