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It would be
very tempting to glue the cases together now that Beth has the panels ready to insert. She
holds off, so that finish the quilted maple in a natural color. She wants to do this
finishing step before assembling.
She will get to that shortly.
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It is time to think about the two wings
or side panels. These will hold the picture frames that match the clock.
She was thinking about using another wood, such as lacewood.
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But, as she started to visualize the
beauty of the cherry case surrounding a highly polished panel of quilted maple, Beth
decided that the two wings should not detract from this — so she decided to continue
with the cherry.
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Beth turned back to the cherry
slab that she had ripped strips from for the case sides.
She realized that the same size strip would not be wide enough for the
picture frame panels.
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But the slab was still wide enough to be
ripped in half. The small frame would fit nicely on this width.
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Beth swings the Exaktor Overarm
Guard back into position.
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She has set the Incra TS-III fence to
center the rip on the cherry. She starts the rip.
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This is a picture of a safe ripping
operation. The splitter is in position, the guard is lowered, the CMT rip blade has a
unique anti-kickback design — and most importantly, Beth has continual control of the
feed and remains out of the path of any potential kickback.
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Now, she wants to turn each piece of
cherry 90o and rip down to 3/8" final thickness. This is the same
thickness as the clock case.
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With the piece of
cherry against the blade, she sets the blade to just touch it and locks the fence in
position.
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The 1/2" spacing template is still
in the Incra track. With the fence locked, Beth, moves the template so that a blue,
1/2" spacing mark is under the cursor.
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Beth has moved the fence to the next
blue mark, locked the fence and starts making her cut. Remember, that moving the fence
1/2", allows a 3/8" final piece, since the kerf of this blade is 1/8".
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Several minutes and a few rips later,
Beth inspects the results. Each board looks pretty smooth. A quick run through the
thickness sander will make them ready to cut for the side panels.
This point was made last week, but deserves repeating: re-sawing thin strips
to a given thickness is much safer using the incremental positioner of the Incra TS-III
than it would be by setting a 3/8" gap between the blade and the fence and ripping
through this tight gap — a method which increases the probability of
kickback.
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