I am setting into a project of making a huge pile of cabinet doors. These were to be maple but are now red birch.
My supplier could not source 5/4 red birch in sufficient quantity so I ended up with 4/4 milled to 13/16"
FOR THE FIRST TIME in my long career as a cabinet maker/furniture builder I am faced with needing to build cabinet doors without the option of flat jointing all my stock. The 13/16" stock I have will barely allow one pas over the jointer before it is too thin.
NOW - I have some very nice birch here but naturally some of it has more shape than is suitable for door construction. OF COURSE I will cull and select to optimize yield and prioritize straight sections but invariably (and here I need the reassurance) I will end up with some doors that are not dead nuts flat. Many in the 15" X 38" tall range (others shorter and others taller). I really hate to need to depend on the Blum hinges to pull these into submission. Should not need more than 2 hinges anyway for that size door.
Assuming that I manage my stock well - should I be concerned about the inevitable slight wobble? There will NOT be any catches on these doors and adding them is not an option. Is a door that wobbles a slight bit on a flat table top likely to cause trouble when hung?
Thank you for chiming in. Please be nice.