Project - "Making the Grandfather's Clock - Cutting the Pieces"

Beth, double checks to see that the cross cut pieces are exactly the 8 1/4" that is called for — an error here could be disastrous later on.
	Beth starts setting up for the ripping of the pieces. As she did with the miter saw fence stop, she double checks to see that the Incra TS-III is zeroed. It is. She sets it for her first rip.
She starts by ripping the 8 1/4" rail pieces to the three widths that are required. The narrowest one is 2",  so she uses the Stots push shoe to  help her make the cuts safely.
	Back at the layout table, Beth checks the three parts against the plan. They are right. She can now rip the narrower stile stock.
Having set the fence to the required stile width, she starts to set the Grip-Tites in place. This is her first time using this new addition to the shop so it took getting use to — the magnet's pull requires you to "plan" the position. I showed her how it is easiest if you rest the Grip-Tite on the work piece and slide them both into position. That worked for her.
	A few taps of the rubber mallet pushes the Grip-Tite's plastic wing onto the board. It takes only a little contact for the Grip-Tite to hold the piece on the table.
To review what I explained in the earlier story on the Grip-Tite, the unit has two hold -downs. The forward gripper (left) is a piece of plastic that presses down on the board. Its angle reduces the chance of kickback. The right arrow points to a very small sandpaper covered roller that is slightly angled in. This is called the "kerf keeper". It moves the piece against the fence.
	Beth places the second Grip-Tite just forward of the blade. While I have explained this setup in great detail, it takes less than a minute to set both  units in place. It really is a very "user friendly" system. And, boy, does it work well!
Beth makes her first rip cut using the new system. She uses the push shoe to start the board. Note that she has her second board  ready to follow.
	She uses the second board of the same thickness to continue feeding the piece through the blade.
I don't think there is a better, safer way to make rips — particularly the narrow ones.
	She cuts the stiles to length.
The clock has a lot of curved panels and rails. Thankfully, there is a special template kit just for this clock project. Beth looks through the templates to locate Template Number 1.
	She marks the center of the rail to be shaped using this template.
Beth applies double faced tape to the template. If we had allowed extra width for tenons, we could drive a nail through the templates into the tenon area to secure the template. The tape will work just fine.
	At the bandsaw, Beth cuts the piece, leaving about 1/8" distance between the cut and the template.
There you have it. The template is secured on the piece, and there is just a little walnut to remove. Pattern cutting is next.