Toni Ciuraneta
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I'm thinking in making a frame and panel chest of drawers, but I'd like the sides of it not showing the bottom rail but a continuos panel ( see sketch).
The left sketch shows a typical frame and panel construction, with the vertical rails becoming the legs, the right one is what I'd like to achieve.
However as the bottom rail is needed to give stiffness and provide the frame where the panels are fixed but left "floating" to prevent cracking. I wonder if there is a "standard" or most used way to do this.
The question is divided into two. First how to fix the bottom rail, I can imagine a couple of ways but they do not satisfy me.
Second how to fix the panel so that it looks as drawn on the right sketch.
Or is it that I should opt for a solid sides frame rather than a frame and panel one?
Any help will be greatly appreciated
The left sketch shows a typical frame and panel construction, with the vertical rails becoming the legs, the right one is what I'd like to achieve.
However as the bottom rail is needed to give stiffness and provide the frame where the panels are fixed but left "floating" to prevent cracking. I wonder if there is a "standard" or most used way to do this.
The question is divided into two. First how to fix the bottom rail, I can imagine a couple of ways but they do not satisfy me.
Second how to fix the panel so that it looks as drawn on the right sketch.
Or is it that I should opt for a solid sides frame rather than a frame and panel one?
Any help will be greatly appreciated