Not all Red Oaks are created equal

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920 Not all Red Oaks are created equalRed Oak is one of the most popular woods for cabinets and it’s reliable, it’s durable, and it’s beautiful when used for cabinet doors. But, not all of the Red Oaks are equally beautiful.

There are many varieties within the Red Oak families and this discussion is limited to those more commonly used in the manufacture of Cabinet Doors.

Red Oak is divided into three main growing regions, Southern, Appalachian, and Northern. Each of these regions can be further sub-divided based on the color and quality of the Red Oak that grows within the sub-regions. Continue reading →

Now you can design your own Cabinet Doors, and we can build them…The possibilities are in the Millions!

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Legos Now you can design your own Cabinet Doors, and we can build them…The possibilities are in the Millions!Now you can design your own Cabinet Doors, and we can build them…The possibilities are in the Millions!
So, if you want to design your own Cabinet Door, here is where you can create your own unique look!
When you calculate all of our Cabinet Door possibilities by mix-and-matching wood types, arched or square, Mitered or Traditional, outside edges, stile-cuts, and panel-cuts, the numbers get huge. All these options are capable of creating several million uniquely different cabinet doors. Continue reading →

Properly matching wood type to Moulder Knife Marks per Inch makes finishing cabinet doors faster and easier for Cabinet Shops.

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Washboard Properly matching wood type to Moulder Knife Marks per Inch makes finishing cabinet doors faster and easier for Cabinet Shops.Improperly set moulder feed rates can cause a Washboard finish that is often invisible until stain is applied.

Here is a table published by Wisconsin Knife Works, Inc. summarizing the results of their study on the number of knife marks per inch required to produce a stain-ready finish on various wood types.
This table shows the Knife Marks per Inch ranges generally recommended for wood species commonly used in manufacturing Cabinet Doors. Continue reading →

The three keys to accurate sizing in manufacturing cabinet doors and how changes in humidity will affect the size of a door

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Tape Measure adobe 15 The three keys to accurate sizing in manufacturing cabinet doors and how changes in humidity will affect the size of a doorThere are three key steps in manufacturing 5-piece Cabinet Doors that will determine the sizing accuracy of the finished door. If each of these steps is held within a tight tolerance, the finished product will be accurate to within the desired 1/64 inch, or about 15-thousandths. Continue reading →

How to store cabinet doors before finishing and prevent warpage

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Warped wood How to store cabinet doors before finishing and prevent warpageAll wood products need to be finished quickly but if you just can’t here are some things you can do to reduce the chance of damage until you can finish your new cabinet doors.

Cabinet doors, like any wood product, need to be sealed and finished as soon as possible. Continue reading →

When manufacturing wood products, moisture content of the wood is a critical factor in assuring dependability of the finished product

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Rain When manufacturing wood products, moisture content of the wood is a critical factor in assuring dependability of the finished product

Ideally the wood’s moisture content will be matched so the average relative humidity of the region where the wood product will be used will allow the wood’s moisture content to be stable. When the wood moisture content and the local climate is closely matched, the finish on the cabinet door will keep the moisture content in the door from reacting too rapidly to relative humidity changes and, therefore prevent the damage those humidity swings could cause to an unfinished door. Continue reading →

Paint-Grade Cabinet Doors: Which woods paint well, which woods to avoid, and how will your painted cabinet door hold-up over time?

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Paint brush adobe 15 Paint Grade Cabinet Doors: Which woods paint well, which woods to avoid, and how will your painted cabinet door hold up over time?Many folks searching the internet for Paint-Grade Cabinet Doors find our website, Cabinetdoors.com, and ask questions about painting cabinet doors. After explaining the pros and cons of painting a cabinet door, we decided to add the question-and-answer to our Blog. Continue reading →

Our Barcode Tracking system will track your order, but it also maximizes productivity, lowers waste, and cuts your overall cabinet door costs!

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barcode adobe 15 Our Barcode Tracking system will track your order, but it also maximizes productivity, lowers waste, and cuts your overall cabinet door costs!CabinetDoors.Com’s proprietary barcode inventory tracking system doesn’t just track Work in Process and inventory; it also schedules the factory, measures individual productivity, schedules overtime, evaluates waste by lumber supplier, and organizes shipping. Continue reading →

How adopting the metric system has dramatically reduced cutting errors in manufacturing at CabinetDoors.Com.

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Metric 2 How adopting the metric system has dramatically reduced cutting errors in manufacturing at CabinetDoors.Com.Like most cabinet door manufacturers, we developed computer programs to generate cut-lists for the components used in our cabinet doors. Our program was formatted to print component sizes using fractions instead of decimal. This is because woodworkers understand a fraction like 12 7/16, but 12.4375 is not a language that comes natural to most woodworkers. Continue reading →

We can bore your cabinet doors for Concealed Hinges, and supply the hinges too!

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Blum Hinge adobe151 We can bore your cabinet doors for Concealed Hinges, and supply the hinges too!

We can bore the hinge cups and supply the hinges too!

Cabinetdoors.com will bore the hinge pockets (two per door) in your cabinet doors for $6.00 per door and supply top quality, American-made, Blum, Clip-top Inserta Hinges for $3.50 per hinge (or $7.00 per door). Continue reading →

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Facebook adobe 15 Social MediaThe Door Stop has expanded our social links to include Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. To visit our accounts on each visit our website and click on the corresponding link.