Deck 21: Cabinet Doors and Drawers

Question 1

The most basic type of door is simply a flat door with a frame.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The primary issue in building a door with no frame is covering the exposed edges of the sheet goods that are used.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

If solid wood is used for a drawer bottom, it should be thicker than 1/2" unless the drawer is small.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

For added interest, ____-grooves or a shape may be routed in a door panel.

A) S
B) W
C) V
D) Z

Question 5

Glass panels may be held in place with glass clips, a removable wooden stop, or a high-quality ____ caulk.

A) acrylic latex
B) silicone
C) butyl
D) rubber

Question 6

In a rabbet-and-dado joint, a dado is made on the drawer front, and a rabbet is made in the drawer sides.

Question 7

In a cope-and-stick joint, the stiles receive a groove and profile, as do the rails, using one cutter.

Question 8

A rabbet-and-dado joint does not require reinforcement, assuming a good fit is achieved.

Question 9

Applying a relatively wide, solid-wood edge to a door panel allows the builder to route a decorative edge on what would otherwise be a square edge.

Question 10

In a flat-panel door, usually glass will sit in a ____ on the back of the stiles and rails.

A) molding routed
B) V-groove routed
C) groove milled
D) rabbet machined

Question 11

A raised-panel door has a frame consisting of stiles and rails, but its panel is solid wood, usually ____ inches thick, with a profile milled on its edge.

A) 1/4
B) 1/3
C) 1/2
D) 3/4

Question 12

Flat panel doors may only use plywood.

Question 13

With flat-panel doors, the panel is typically ____ veneered plywood.

A) 1/4"
B) 1/3"
C) 1/2"
D) 3/4"

Question 14

The ____ joint is milled using a shaper or the router in a table with cutters or bits specific for this task.

A) stile-and-lap
B) cope-and-lap
C) lap-and-stick
D) cope-and-stick

Question 15

Setting the bottom of a drawer into rabbets milled in the sides, front, and back hides the bottom and is suitable for large drawers that will hold substantial weight.

Question 16

In a raised-panel door, the panel may simply be raised, or it may be raised and ____.

A) fielded
B) routed
C) beveled
D) mullioned

Question 17

The most complicated and time-consuming door to build is the ____ door.

A) flat-panel
B) field-panel
C) raised-panel
D) mullion

Question 18

The ____ has a frame, consisting of stiles and rails, that holds a flat panel.

A) flat-panel door
B) flat-panel drawer
C) raised-panel door
D) mullion

Question 19

In a flat-panel door, a wood panel is captured in ____ in the stiles and rails.

A) molding routed
B) V-grooves routed
C) grooves milled
D) rabbets machined

Question 20

The groove-and-stub tenon method of joining stiles and rails is closely related to the cope-and-stick joint, but it can be machined using just the table saw or a table-mounted router and simple straight bits.

Question 21

A drawer lock is similar to a ____ joint, but requires a special drawer-lock bit used with a table-mounted router.

A) box
B) butt
C) dado-and-rabbet
D) dovetail

Question 22

A flat door should have its handle or knob set ____ in from the edge of the door.

A) 2 inches
B) 3 inches
C) 4 inches
D) 5 inches

Question 23

It is fairly typical for the back of a drawer to be set into ____ machined into the drawer sides a bit back from the end of the side.

A) dadoes
B) rabbets
C) frames
D) rails

Question 24

____ construction is when the bottom fits into grooves machined into the front and sides of the drawer and is then tacked to the bottom of the back.

A) Closed-back
B) Muntin
C) Three-quarter
D) Open-back

Question 25

In the case of a ____ joint, half the material thickness is removed from the back of the stile and the front of the rail.

A) groove
B) lap-and-groove
C) lap
D) cope-and-groove

Question 26

A(n) ____ is a strip of wood attached either to the front or back of one door to eliminate the gap between the two.

A) muntin
B) fence
C) astragal
D) mullion

Question 27

The ____ joint depends on an independent piece glued into openings in the stile and rail to hold them together.

A) lap
B) dado
C) dovetail
D) biscuit

Question 28

If the drawer is very wide, as in a chest of drawers, thicker material should be used, or a centered wooden strip, called a ____, should be installed to prevent sagging.

A) mullion
B) muntin
C) fence
D) stabilizer

Question 29

In a ____ tenon method, a groove is milled in both the stiles and rails, and then the ends of the rails are reduced in thickness to fit snugly into the stile's groove.

A) groove-and-stick
B) groove-and-stub
C) cope-and-groove
D) lap-and-groove

Question 30

The material used for drawer bottoms is generally ____ plywood or a panel product.

A) 1/4"
B) 1/3"
C) 1/2"
D) 3/4"