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Most cabinet panels only need one finished edge — the front. The back is against the wall, the top and bottom are hidden by other panels. Pre-banded sheets exploit this.

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The problem with manual edgebanding

Traditional edgebanding means ironing on tape, trimming it, and finishing every visible edge by hand. For a single kitchen, that can mean dozens of edges. It's tedious, time-consuming, and the results are never as clean as factory-applied banding.

Edgebanding is often 30–50% of total finishing time. For hobbyists and small shops, it's the least enjoyable part of the job.

What are pre-banded sheets?

Suppliers like Egger, Swiss Krono, and local board distributors sell sheets with one or more edges already banded at the factory. The banding is applied at scale — it's cleaner, more durable, and barely adds to the sheet cost.

A typical pre-banded sheet is 2800×2070mm melamine with the left edge factory-banded. You buy it, load it onto your CNC, and every panel cut from it can have a finished edge — if the software knows how to orient them.

How KerfLab uses this

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Why it matters

• Massive time savings — skip the most tedious part of cabinet making entirely.
• Professional results — factory banding is cleaner and more durable than anything you can do by hand.
• Cost effective — pre-banded sheets cost marginally more than raw sheets, far less than the labor saved.