Inset Panels

When I make framed panels (like cabinet sides or drawer fronts) I Like to use pine because I like knots and because the inset panel takes paint/stain the same as the frame.  

Resawing 1x6s for Pine Panel Faces.

Closer look at resawing Pine Panel Faces.   The two outside pieces will be 1/8" thick panel faces, after jointing the inside will also be remarked and resawed to another 1/8" panel face.   Yielding three 1/8" thin pine panels from a 1x board.

Pile of 1/8" thick panel faces.   These will be edge joined then laminated to 3/16" plywood.

Just a little bead of glue along one edge of the 1/8" panel.

Pine face being edge joined.

When you edge join the thin panels increase the pressure until you see a little squeeze out all along the joint.   It doesn't take much pressure to edge join these.

I use some weight to keep the thin panel from buckling.

One of the pine face joints after gluing and before sanding.

Laminating pine face to plywood core.   The little wedges on top of some of the pressure boards insures equal pressure on all parts of the panel being laminated.

A little bit of squeeze-out.

A double faced panel being set up in the laminating press.   The objective is to keep all the pine face flush with each other to make a flat face.

Double faced panel after laminating.