Good afternoon Uk workshop Team,
I am making a copy of a large bathroom cabinet for a friend. here is the link to the product i have to imitate.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/duravit-fogo--305259680966537993/
It is two meters high and 60 cm wide. For economical reasons I am making it from 19mm walnut commercial veneered blockboard (available here in germany(
The front door appears to have a miter fold construction. Whilst I am familiar and usually get good results with miter joints, I am worried about the long front corner being to fragile with the veneered corner. Or is this acceptable?, if it gets knocked it gets knocked. I also worry that if the long miter is slightly off the light coloured substrate will show through.
Here are my ideas-
- glue solid wood Edge banding to the sides before cutting the meters. So the miter meeting points are solid wood and not veneer. Making a potentialy cleaner joint and a more durable corner
- Alternatively cut the miters and glue. then route a shallow rabbit along the miter edge and inlay solid wood stock. Similar outcome to the first but scary operation perhaps.
- Simply edge band the panel and butt joints the sides. easy construction and not so fragile edge. The edge banding is a pretty good colour match to the veneer so the seam difference shouldn’t stand out so much.
-or just aim to exicute meters very well and lightly sand veneered edge.
I would love your opinions on this as I feel a bit of a crossroads with this one.
Many thanks
