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A few hours
later, Maureen returns to the vacuum bag and removes the molding.
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She carefully removes the wood
strip that she had tacked in place to hold the hinge in the "V" of the molding.
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A good pair of pliers is used to remove
the brads.
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Maureen uses 180 grit sandpaper to
smooth the entire length of the molding. Here she has wrapped the paper around a cabinet
scraper which allows her to sand the straight sides of the "V".
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She switches to a 3/4" dowel for sanding
the main curve.
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Then wraps the paper around a 1/2"
dowel to sand the smaller curve. Sanding of the entire length only take a few minutes, and
it is much easier to do now than after the molding has been cut into sides.
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Maureen studies the original box to see
what dados have to be made—one for the top lid and another for the bottom.
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She takes the dado blade from the
drawer. [Note: this picture really is to just show off the table saw cabinet we made a few
weeks ago using the locking miter bit.]
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She cuts the rabbet for the top lid.
After that, she moved the fence and cut the dado for the bottom shelf.
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Maureen sets the Incra Miter Gauge to
30o—the setting for the 6-sided box she wants to make.
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She moves the Incra Stop and locks it in place for her
first cut.
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She makes the first cut
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She resets the stop block to make her second and
final cut. Note that the stop has a slight gap. Normally that allows sawdust not to be
trapped but in this case, the mitered end slides into the gap and makes the cut-off less
than accurate.
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Maureen's solution is a simple one. She
uses a small backer block. With that in place, the mitered end sits firmly against the
stop and the cut is accurate.
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She makes her second miter cut on each
of the pieces.
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