plywood doors twisting


collinb

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My kitchen remodel has developed a kink.

I had to build 6 doors and used plywood to do it.

The wood is 1/2" thick & not the cheap stuff from Home Depot.

On the face I glued down some oak strips for that shaker look.

Four of the 6 have twisted.  It happened in the Fall, before the cold and lower humidity came.

I'm trying to figure out why so that in the Spring I can remedy the situation.

(Probably -- I should just use a better grade of material.)

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Imbalanced construction. When you add a layer to one side and not the other you are asking for trouble. Plywood always has an odd number of layers. If I make doors and cover them with laminate I laminate both sides.

Like PB said a solid wood frame using cope and stick joinery will be much more stable.

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I get the point on not using plywood.

The original cabinetry used a very high grade of plywood.

The adaptations that I did to them did not result in any warping/twisting.

Only the plywood that I got from the wood shops.

Alas, I will pursue a Spring rebuild.

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