Two weeks ago, Beth
had bookmatched and glued up some figured walnut burl. In the interim, we have been French
polishing to see how high a gloss we could get. It is looking good. We will probably do
all the veneered panels this way.
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Each of the veneer
panels will be shaped and the edges raised. That will come later, right now it is time to
continue with the frames.
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Beth starts the
top frame section. She notes that the drawings call for 1 1/2" square stock or to
glue up three pieces of 1/2" stock. The 1 1/2" square stock is then rabbeted to
give the 1/2" sides.
We looked at this for some time and decided that it we were very careful, we
could use 1/2" pieces and use the locking miter joint to give us the nice crisp
corner.
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Beth has seen the locking
miter bit used but has not used it herself. I said that the joint is great and easy to do
if you follow the basic set-up rules.
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She is using
the bent wrench to install the bit in the router. She has already put the fence insert in
place for this bit.
I have cut an insert for this bit. One side on the insert is with the bit
centered on 1/2" stock, and the other side is for it centered on 3/4" stock. The
custom insert will give Beth a smoother cut and is better for dust collection.
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She sets the height of the
bit to be approximately at the 1/2 point of the stock. With this, she runs two pieces of
stock. One is marked "A" and the other "B". She runs the "A"
side up and the "B" side down.
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She places the two cut
pieces together. She was lucky. The two lined up perfectly. She is ready to make the cuts.
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On each of the corners, she
selects one piece to be run flat on the table.
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She runs the mating piece
against the fence. The walnut mills very well. While the fence was set to make the final
cut in one pass, she makes a second pass just to "clean out" the cut.
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Beth inspects her corner
pieces. They fit together perfectly and give a sharp, square outside corner. What's best
is that the sides are already the 1/2" stock, so they can now be routed with the rail
and stile cutters to fit the rest of the frame section.
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