Kitchen cabinets with a beaded face frame immediately convey a high level of quality and craftsmanship, and precisely machined joints and accurately fitted inset doors and drawers elevate even the simplest single door design. The task of producing such high-quality, tasteful kitchen designs falls upon the cabinetmaker.
The most common approach to manufacture beaded face frames is to use square profiles and to apply the bead moulding separately. The major disadvantage to this system is the time required to produce a complete frame. Other problems include mismatched grain and colour on stained cabinets, as well as mismatched mitre joints due to inconsistent bead mouldings. Another concern is the potential for glue-joint separation between the square section and the bead moulding.
The Hoffmann Beaded Face Frame System offers cabinet and millwork shops of all sizes a fast, precise and efficient way to manufacture beaded face frames, whether it’s one or one hundred frames per job. Starting with beaded moulding, all the above-mentioned disadvantages would be eliminated from the start. The stiles are notched and the rails are coped on the MORSØ fixed-blade, guillotine style notching machine.
The MORSØ-NF is a patented foot-operated notch cutting machine for cutting window bars, mullions, and cabinet front frames requiring haunch joints. It cuts all kinds of wood, plastic, MDF and plywood. MORSØ-NF leaves the cut surface of the wood perfectly smooth and accurate, requiring no further preparation before joining.
A second step takes place on the Hoffmann dovetail routing machine (MU3), equipped with special fixtures for the notched material. Dovetail keyways are routed in all mating parts and the frames are assembled simply with glue and Dovetail Keys. When the two parts are drawn together using a Hoffmann key, a precise, durable and accurate joint is produced without the aid of clamps or alignment jigs. The frames can be sanded and finished immediately upon assembly.
