I have made kitchen drawer fronts from oak veneered plywood, and now it's time for the cabinet doors.
My wife wants the cabinet doors to match the drawer fronts, which is no problem for most of the cabinets.
One cabinet should have a frame from the same oak veneered plywood, with inset glass.
A friend who has done considerable cabinet making, suggested using a table saw to cut out the center, by raising the blade into the work, and then cutting (forward and back) to the marked edge of the cutout. The overcut on the back side of the doors would be largely "obliterated" by the rabbet for the glass, and in any event, it won't be seen and can be filled. The inside is white formica (the plywood comes that way - oak veneer on one side, white formica on the other), so I can easily fill with white acrylic caulking.
Any other ideas for how to do this?
Of course, why keep things simple when they can be complicated. I'd really like the corners of the cutout to be rounded - more aesthetic and easier to clean the corners of the glass. I did a quick and dirty test by drilling 1/2" holes at the corners of the cutouts before cutting out the center on the table saw. It's really dicey getting the locations of the holes just right, and it' also quite difficult to avoid damaging the veneer when drilling the holes. I used a regular twist drillbit, and I suppose that a spur/brad point bit, or even an auger bit (or maybe even a forstner bit?) would cut a cleaner hole. I'm also wondering if having a finish on the wood first might help prevent splintering.
Any and all advice will be greatly appreciated.
My wife wants the cabinet doors to match the drawer fronts, which is no problem for most of the cabinets.
One cabinet should have a frame from the same oak veneered plywood, with inset glass.
A friend who has done considerable cabinet making, suggested using a table saw to cut out the center, by raising the blade into the work, and then cutting (forward and back) to the marked edge of the cutout. The overcut on the back side of the doors would be largely "obliterated" by the rabbet for the glass, and in any event, it won't be seen and can be filled. The inside is white formica (the plywood comes that way - oak veneer on one side, white formica on the other), so I can easily fill with white acrylic caulking.
Any other ideas for how to do this?
Of course, why keep things simple when they can be complicated. I'd really like the corners of the cutout to be rounded - more aesthetic and easier to clean the corners of the glass. I did a quick and dirty test by drilling 1/2" holes at the corners of the cutouts before cutting out the center on the table saw. It's really dicey getting the locations of the holes just right, and it' also quite difficult to avoid damaging the veneer when drilling the holes. I used a regular twist drillbit, and I suppose that a spur/brad point bit, or even an auger bit (or maybe even a forstner bit?) would cut a cleaner hole. I'm also wondering if having a finish on the wood first might help prevent splintering.
Any and all advice will be greatly appreciated.