Kitchen Cabinet Door Design Questions

You can buy 3/8” thick Oak T&G beadboard. It’s used all the time for wainscotting. Only problem I see is the random widths – the stuff you buy will all be the same width. But it might be available in random widths, I’ve never shopped for it so I wouldn’t know for sure.

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Thanks for the input.

That looks like a typical half-overlay door. They’re made with 3/4” rails and stiles which get milled to give a 3/8” x 3/8” rabbet around the perimeter. You’ll need “offset” hinges to hang them.

I’ve made them using cope and stick frames with 1/2” stock for the panels with a 1/4” x 3/8” rabbet which let the panel front be 1/4” inside the frame. Yours look like T&G construction with the “panels” flush with the frame.

They shuldn’t be too hard to make, but you’re looking at a fair bit of milling to get the T&G parts.

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Its not too common to find unfinished flooring in less than a 3/4” thickness. You could also resaw it down to the thinner thickness rather than having to plane it all down.

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I’ll be looking this week to see what the options are for beginning with flooring planks. Start thin and get 1 piece or maybe start thick & re-saw to get 2 pieces out of each plank…......I don’t know yet.

You won’t get 2 pieces for a couple of reasons—the saw curf will take out a fair amount of the wood so they won’t be 3/8”, and because the underside of flooring has a recess cut into it. Also, the tongue and groove are in the center. Just a couple of things to consider.

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