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[daver828]

Wondering if someone can help me please. Looking for the traditional profile of the inside edge of the stiles and rails of a raised panel cabinet door? I suppose I can do anything from a simple roundover to an ogee. But is there a traditional one and is there a hand plane to make it? I have the panel raiser and wish to make a few on an upcoming project. Thanks,

David

 

[mtr1]

Depends from what period, but most that I've seen on old furniture is a simple round over, run with an Ovolo plane then bishop mitred.

 

[AndyT]

What answer would you like?!

It depends on the period, the wood, the place, the quality of the piece - I really don't think there is just one answer.

But to try and be more encouraging than that:

Like Mark said, an ovolo is a good place to start and has the advantage that you don't even need a dedicated plane; you can make rebates and then use a hollow plane to do the round part.

If you want to buy a dedicated moulding plane (and I think you should!) then the easiest ones to find will be those used for sash mouldings, where a flattish ovolo will be the commonest - but that may not look right next to a raised panel.

Most ordinary interior Victorian or Edwardian work that I have seen on built-in cupboards, dressers and suchlike rarely used raised panels - I think it was commoner to use plain flat panels (planed timber could be bought as thin as 1/4") and plant on a flat ogee moulding around the edge, pinning it to the stiles and rails.

Have a good look at some old furniture or pictures of it.

These are two books which might help:

http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7042051M/Mouldings_of_the_Tudor_period

http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7144...tails_on_English_furniture_from_1574_to_1820.

What are you intending to make?

 

[Jacob]

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Most ordinary interior Victorian or Edwardian work that I have seen on built-in cupboards, dressers and suchlike rarely used raised panels - I think it was commoner to use plain flat panels (planed timber could be bought as thin as 1/4") and plant on a flat ogee moulding around the edge, pinning it to the stiles and rails.

1/4" a bit thin - more likely to be 1/2" ish but flelded (not raised) on the inside so the tapered edge can fit into the frame, leaving a plain face on the outside.
There's a bit of a fashion for raised and fielded panels at the mo, but they aren't always desirable IMHO. nb I'm never quite sure of terminology - which is the 'raised' and which the 'fielded' - I think the tapered face is the 'field' but could be wrong.
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[marcros]

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Most ordinary interior Victorian or Edwardian work that I have seen on built-in cupboards, dressers and suchlike rarely used raised panels - I think it was commoner to use plain flat panels (planed timber could be bought as thin as 1/4") and plant on a flat ogee moulding around the edge, pinning it to the stiles and rails.

1/4" a bit thin - more likely to be 1/2" ish but flelded (not raised) on the inside so the tapered edge can fit into the frame, leaving a plain face on the outside.
There's a bit of a fashion for raised and fielded panels at the mo, but they aren't always desirable IMHO. nb I'm never quite sure of terminology - which is the 'raised' and which the 'fielded' - I think the tapered face is the 'field' but could be wrong.
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i think that the field is the flat bit on top, and the "raised" the sloping bit up to it

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iVth ... el&f=false

 

[Jacob]

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Most ordinary interior Victorian or Edwardian work that I have seen on built-in cupboards, dressers and suchlike rarely used raised panels - I think it was commoner to use plain flat panels (planed timber could be bought as thin as 1/4") and plant on a flat ogee moulding around the edge, pinning it to the stiles and rails.

1/4" a bit thin - more likely to be 1/2" ish but flelded (not raised) on the inside so the tapered edge can fit into the frame, leaving a plain face on the outside.
There's a bit of a fashion for raised and fielded panels at the mo, but they aren't always desirable IMHO. nb I'm never quite sure of terminology - which is the 'raised' and which the 'fielded' - I think the tapered face is the 'field' but could be wrong.
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i think that the field is the flat bit on top, and the "raised" the sloping bit up to it

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iVth ... el&f=false

Right. In that case I meant raised and fielded but not sunk. That makes sense - I'll try and get it right next time!
NB in the book it shows the panels having a flat around the edge but most ordinary stuff wouldn't have this - just a straight taper, very easy to do.

 

[daver828]

Thanks for all the replies.