Deceptive raised panels

HDF still soaks up finish/paint. like a sponge.  Won't that look just nice?  
He's making nail-up panels so what's the back bevel for? (nuthin)
An easy mistake and the guy goes home with no pay?  Where is this, Bangladesh?
Wouldn't fool my wife for a minute

Peter Martin wrote:

@Mark Mandell,

I like the part about no adhesive necessary as the nails were sufficient to keep them in place until the check clears. LOL

Especially putting 18ga gun nails into a sheet rock wall.  Panels will start falling if somebody slams a door too hard 

Peter Martin wrote:

https://www.woodcentral.com/videos/?video=4XnvLrA-Gp4 

Which of the 100 listed videos are we supposed to be looking at?

@Lee Schierer,

Sorry, it should work now. If not, here's a more direct link:

https://www.woodcentral.com/ytv/video.php?v=4XnvLrA-Gp4

There are two safety problems.  First the person using the router is not wearing a face mask to prevent inhalation of the super fine HDF dust.  The video shows a sizeable cloud of dust.  Second he is also not wearing hearing protection.

I missed how the frame was put together.

With regard to the wainscot build.  I didn't observe any mechanical fasteners nor adhesive to hold the frame to the wall.  The pin nails were to hold the panels in place, which begs the question of why he used a router bit to relieve the back of the panels if they were just pressed against the flat wall.  Then the trim strips were glued at the corners and apparently nowhere else.

I guess the painter will bond the whole assembly to the wall with the paint.

The guy that built the panel and frame work in my daughters basement was trained in the same  school where they learned to use pin nails to hold things together.  All the trim in the house is attached in place with numerous (ie dozens) of pin nails.  Including the panels that were fit into the frames in the game room part of the basement.  This was all done before my daughter bought the house.