Cope And Stick Cabinet Doors Vs Mitered

The more detailed doors are harder on the finisher too.

Cope and stick cabinet doors vs mitered.

Mitered and applied molding tend to be higher end. Cope and stick doors differ from the other 5 piece design by the method of joining the frame. A cope and stick joint also makes it possible to trim the door after it s assembled you can take a little off of one edge or trim the door slightly out of square to match an out of whack cabinet opening without any noticeable change in the appearance of the door or the joint. This drawing shows the difference between the mitered joint and the cope and stick joint.

While cope stick doors are joined at a 90 degree angle mitered doors are assembled by cutting the stiles and rails at a 45 degree angle. No reason why you can t use the stick profile sans cope to produce lots of linear feet of door frame molding followed by outer edge profile. Still in certain situations a miter is the better choice. The stiles and rails in cope stick doors meet at a 90 degree angle using a machining method called coping.

In mitered doors the stiles and rails meet at a 45 degree angle. You need a stick and cope door in the plain white paint see more. Mitered vs cope tenon cabinet doors. You can t profile the outer edge of cope and stick until after assembly.

Comments 1 mortis and tenon are much more sustainable also more high end see more. The cope and stick joint for cabinet doors is made with a mortise and tenon joint. Cope and stick joints. Shop cope stick cabinet doors at the door stop.

The cabinet is painted white no glaze. The two are similar in that they use 4 frame sections and a center panel but differ in the way the 4 frame sections are joined. Then you just chop off the door frame lengths you need as a miter joint. If you want a raised panel no mitered raised panel and no glaze.

I had a custom bathroom vanity made and when it was delivered was appalled at how noticeable the mitered joints on the cabinet doors were. See the post on what is a mitered cabinet door for more info. Mitered vs cope and stick cabinet doors. Would a cope and stick construction be a better choice.