Frame And Panel Doors With Spacerballs

Use space balls to prevent panel cracking and damage.

Frame and panel doors with spacerballs. Center solid panels compresses if panels expand helps eliminate cracking glue joints 8 10 balls recommended per door. Space balls also eliminate annoying panel rattle. If the panel expands the space balls compress preventing glue joint cracking by taking up any slack between panel and door frame. Csh is the largest distributor of spaceballs and stocks and supplies the largest cabinet companies in this country.

They are guaranteed to make your panels centered and rattle free. This shrinkage will allow the panel to shift and move in the frame making a. Building frame panel french doors in this video i make a set of custom frame panel french doors for my shop. Also consider the amount of penetration you want of your panel into the frame.

No more single brad in the panel and trying to align the frame and panel up. Markers of solid panel cabinet doors. Space balls raised panel cabinet door spacers for 1 4 groove 100 4 6 out of 5 stars 69. The viewable part of your panel is 12 x 12.

8 people found this helpful. With the space balls slightly compressed to do their job consider them at a diameter of 3 16. Balls measure 26 diameter and are made of synthetic rubber. Our 1 4 diameter space balls automatically center your panel in your frame to prevent panel cracking and annoying rattle.

8 10 space balls per door recommended. Wood doors and panels expand and contract with changes in humidity. Six to eight. Many doors have been ruined and had to be replaced when the oils or chemicals used in their makeup were squeezed out after the doors expanded and stained the door panel.

To create the most reliable expansion joint spaceballs should not be compressed more than 1 3 of its diameter. Csh also has an insertion gun for installing the spaceballs. The balls are soft enough to allow expansion and contraction but firm enough to keep the panel from rattling. With drier humidity conditions.

Simply place two or three balls equally spaced in each channel before inserting the panel. Makes for a very tight build whilst allowing for the wood movement. Panel rattle occurs when the panel becomes smaller. They are also designed to help eliminate cracking glue joints.

If you want the panel to penetrate the frames 1 4 on all sides you would make the panel 12 1 2 x 12 1 2. Building frame panel french doors. When space balls are incorporated in the door frames panels are cushioned. I love the arts crafts style furniture so i picked some simple doors to practice so one day i can tackle my front door.