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I need your help. I’m building a hall tree out of Poplar (because my wife wants it painted. The legs are 1 3/4” square and the rails and stiles are 1” with 1/2” plywood panels. My initial plan was to use a large plywood panel where people normally put a mirror. I wasn’t aware that my wife also wants a mirror.
My problem is, if I was going to put a mirror in it, I wouldn’t have made the back legs so beefy. I could have used 3/4” material and cut a cope and stick and somehow lock the mirror into the groove, but I’d have to cut the back part of the groove to allow mirror replacement if needed. However, I didn’t use cope and stick joinery, I used Dowels, so cutting a cope and stick profile where the mirror goes will be tricky (stopped)Any suggestions on how I can now inset a mirror
Maybe I could still cut the dados and insert my plywood panels and glue the mirror to the plywood. I used a dado stack to cut all the dados on the rails and stiles for the storage area, but I will probably have to use my router table for the long 1 3/4” legs.
Thanks in advance for any guidance or direction.
Jim
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I need your help. I’m building a hall tree out of Poplar (because my wife wants it painted. The legs are 1 3/4” square and the rails and stiles are 1” with 1/2” plywood panels. My initial plan was to use a large plywood panel where people normally put a mirror. I wasn’t aware that my wife also wants a mirror.
My problem is, if I was going to put a mirror in it, I wouldn’t have made the back legs so beefy. I could have used 3/4” material and cut a cope and stick and somehow lock the mirror into the groove, but I’d have to cut the back part of the groove to allow mirror replacement if needed. However, I didn’t use cope and stick joinery, I used Dowels, so cutting a cope and stick profile where the mirror goes will be tricky (stopped)Any suggestions on how I can now inset a mirror
Maybe I could still cut the dados and insert my plywood panels and glue the mirror to the plywood. I used a dado stack to cut all the dados on the rails and stiles for the storage area, but I will probably have to use my router table for the long 1 3/4” legs.
Thanks in advance for any guidance or direction.
Jim
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