When laminating your rails make the radius tighter than needed.
Making curved door frames.
Arched openings are made by building a plywood form to fill in the top of a right angle doorway requiring two arched plywood panels one for each side with filler pieces in between.
What are the steps to build a curved 17 x 22 x 3 4 thick solid wood door with a radius of 60.
This method is called kerfing.
Plywood make up a full inch and door openings if framed with 2 4 s are actually 3 1 2 in.
But i really like the look you get when you surround a curved panel with a stile and rail frame.
The task can be made much easier by using a flexible panel product called kerfkore see photo right top.
Curved doors and panels add elegance to any project especially kitchen cabinets.
However the joint would need to be exact and with no frame to add support i d recommend adding splines to the joints for added strength.
Making curved doors kerfkore flexible panels handle curves with ease.
Make a mock up door and see how it works and see how your jigs need to be.
But there is a quicker method by which to make a curved door.
A masterpiece in the making check back next week to see the finished product of our hardwood curved door frame.
When you take the laminated pieces out of the form they will spring back.
Making these complicated parts requires careful planning and building.
There are two tricky parts in this venture.
Two pieces of 1 2 in.
Raising the edges of the curved panel and making the curved rails.