With all her
components ready, she inserts the cope cutter.
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She installs the
fence insert that has been cut for this bit.
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She sets the
router height to match her "sample" piece.
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Lastly, she adjusts the
fence using the straight edge to align the fence with the pattern bearing.
Think about it — once you have initially made this cut, setting it up
again is extremely easy, accurate and fast.
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She makes her
cuts on the ends of each of the rails.
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With the fence backed away
and the insert removed, Beth changes the bit to the rail and stile profiling bit. Since it
is a part of a matched set, the height should be right without any new adjustment. She
checks it with the sample. It is. With this cutter's fence insert installed, she brings
the fence up to the bearing, and she is ready to go.
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Having placed the sample on
the infeed side, Beth has installed two feather boards. One in clamped to the fence and
holds the piece down on the table. She is clamping the second to the table having
positioned it to hold the piece tight against the fence.
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She runs the stiles and the
rails through the router giving each of the pieces their profile.
All she has to do now is to shape the panels.
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Beth uses the bent wrench to
quickly change bits once again. This time, she places the "junior" raised panel
cutter in the collet.
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While we had used the other
two cutters before, we had not used the raised panel cutter with the new Sommerfeld fence.
Beth is marking a new insert with the profile of this bit.
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At the bandsaw, she cuts to
her lines.
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With the fence insert cut,
she starts the cutting of the panels by making shallow cuts and then moving the fence back
until the bearing is aligned with the fence.
She cuts the end grains and then the long sides. This minimizes tearout.
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You can't get much nicer a
panel than that.
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She starts fitting together
the back frame assembly. It goes together smoothly — just as it should.
Next week, she should be able to start assembling the case.
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