Project - "Making the Grandfather's Clock - Making the Sides"...continued

The "art" at the right is my attempt to show you what has to be done to the sides to hold the glass. The cross section at the left is the standard profile that holds a raised panel.    At the right, a rabbet is cut so that a piece of glass can be placed on the "ledge".
	The instructions explain how the raised panel set can be changed so that this rabbet cut can be made. This picture shows that one cutter can be brought from the other bit and exchanged with the bearing.
In order not to get the parts mixed up, Beth and I were very careful to make notes to record exactly the order of each piece of the cope cutter.
	She kept notes on both so that we could get them back together. Actually, at this point we re-thought the situation and decided to not mix up the parts and to put them back in their right places now.    Our thinking was that these were matched sets and working perfectly, and that we didn't have the micrometer necessary to measure the thin spacers that were used.
We decided that we could use this rabbeting bit after the sides were assembled. That would give us the "ledge" for the glass. We will have to use a chisel to square the corners, but that won't be that difficult.    So with that decision made, Beth puts the bits back in their original order.
	She cuts the parts that she will need for the sides.
Beth double checks the parts against the plan.
	She has installed the cope cutter and cuts the ends of all the cross pieces or rails.
She has switched bits and now sets several featherboards in place so that she can run the longer stile pieces smoothly.
	She makes those cuts. These simple hold downs make a remarkable difference in obtaining smooth cuts the entire length of the stiles.
With all the pieces profiled, Beth makes a story pole from the plans.
	She taps the middle rail into position using the story pole for reference. She is now dry fitting the two sides.
She applies glue to the surfaces. The raised panel profile gives a lot of great gluing surface. It makes sense to spend the time to brush glue thoroughly over these surfaces.
	Beth tightens the clamps on the two sides. We will continue from here, next week.