"Festool System - Making a CD Storage Cabinet"

With several pieces ripped, I can now set up to cut all the pieces to length, For this, I can use the guide rail of the multifunction table. I haven't used this guide for some time, so I make a quick check to see if it is still in square — it is right on the money.
	The vertical pieces are to be 23 1/2" long so I set the stop to that distance. This is the first real time that I have had a chance to use the measuring tape that I applied some weeks ago. It works like a charm.
I make my cut. Note that I have placed a second piece of ply under the piece that I am cutting. I am not cutting that piece. I am only using it to raise the 1/2" workpiece up so that the guide rail can be touching it. The fence is a little over 1/2" tall and would prevent the guide from resting on a 1/2" thickness.
	The three pieces are exactly the same. I am going over the edges with a piece of 120 grit sandpaper. The newly cut edges are nice and crisp. The factory edges needed a little cleaning up.
Now I am cutting 6 pieces 5 1/4" across. That allows for 1/8" depth of dados in the uprights.
	I am now preparing to use the Festool Router to cut the dados and rabbets. I have installed a 1/2" wide straight/mortising bit and am now plunging it until it just kisses the workpiece. I lock the plunge at that point. It is my "zero setting."
I want to cut dados and rabbets 1/8" deep. I use the 1/8" block from my set of gauge blocks to set the plunge depth. There is a vernier scale I could have used, but I prefer to use these blocks for standard measurements.
	With my first dado cut, I can check for depth. It is right on. The width is right too — not too loose and not too snug.
I have made a lot of dados over the years, but I must say that this is the easiest and most exact method that  I have ever used.
	I am dry fitting the pieces. The corner clamps are the one I purchased about a month ago. They are great for holding two pieces at  90o.  I am also double checking to be sure that the black plastic CD case side will fit in the space — it does.
The dados are purposely shallow, so I want to make sure that I spread glue over all the mating surfaces.
	I use 1 1/4" brads to hold the joints together while the glue sets.    As I write this caption, I realize that I would have been smart to have screwed the CD plastic pieces in place before I assembled this box. Oh well, next I will be painting the interior space, then adding the plastics, and adding a back. Then the "fun" part begins: making the paneled doors with my walnut crotch pieces. That will allow me to try out the Festool system with rail and stile joinery.