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First of all let me say that I am a struggling, fledgling cabinet maker who is new to this router game.
I am making a large walk-in cedar closet. It will have four 6' wide wardrobes along the walls with raised panel doors. The first door that I made was very satisfactory. Most of the second one's thin strips on the backside, created by the routing, cracked and shattered when I put the thing together. I know that ceder is bad about splitting but is there anything I can do to make the panels less likely to split and crack. The wood is planed down to 3/4". Would it help if I used 7/8" wood? I might be better off to make them out of oak and line them with cedar. But the cedar raised panels are so beautiful.
The wood that I used was cut on my TimberKing bandmill. It was air-dried indoors for 3 years.
I would appreciate any advice and suggestions. The Puking Polecat
First of all let me say that I am a struggling, fledgling cabinet maker who is new to this router game.
I am making a large walk-in cedar closet. It will have four 6' wide wardrobes along the walls with raised panel doors. The first door that I made was very satisfactory. Most of the second one's thin strips on the backside, created by the routing, cracked and shattered when I put the thing together. I know that ceder is bad about splitting but is there anything I can do to make the panels less likely to split and crack. The wood is planed down to 3/4". Would it help if I used 7/8" wood? I might be better off to make them out of oak and line them with cedar. But the cedar raised panels are so beautiful.
The wood that I used was cut on my TimberKing bandmill. It was air-dried indoors for 3 years.
I would appreciate any advice and suggestions. The Puking Polecat