beadLOCK Loose Tenon Joinery System — Project: "Making a Chair"
This is the first time for Maureen with the
SuperStation. She starts by moving the Incra TS-III to the router station.
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She installs the pattern bit in the router. |
She, also, loves using the bent wrench and working from atop the Rout-R-Lift. |
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She sets the height so that the bearing is comfortably positioned on the original leg. What she will be doing is trimming the bottom pattern board to the shape of the leg. |
She makes the cut. You can see that the white starting pin is in place. She starts the cut by placing the workpiece against this pin. Then she carefully pivots the workpiece into the cutter and away from the pin. From that point on, she just moves the piece keeping some pressure on the bearing.
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She has removed the original and now inspects her template. A little sanding removes any burrs. It looks good. |
Back at the bench, she now uses double stick tape to fasten the new template to a piece of poplar. |
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She has used double faced tape to hold the pattern to the poplar, but where there will be mortises cut, she adds a screw to hold the template more securely. The screw won't show since it is where the mortise will be cut. |
She heads back to the bandsaw, this time to cut the poplar. As before, she leaves about 1/8" wood that she will trim off in the next step. |
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Using the Rout-R-Lift's height adjustment, she brings the pattern bearing up so that it rides against the template. |
Just as she did when cutting the pattern, she starts by pivoting on the starting pin and then moves the piece, keeping it against the bearing.By the way, you can see that she has removed the Incra TS-III completely. That is simply done by loosening the hold-down screws and lifting it off. It gives her a large, flat table surface — ideal for doing these long chair legs. |
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