Project - "A new Cape Cod Style Vanity"

    Needless to say, some more time has passed and I am driving home the last pocket hole screws.
  

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  This is always the "moment of truth."  Thankfully, the face frame fit the case exactly. So far with this project, I have made no mistakes — maybe I am getting better. But, there are a lot more steps to the whole process.

  I use glue and 1½" finishing nails to secure it to the case.

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    Here is the case and face frame. I am sanding off some of the glue that squeezed out in the individual joints.
   By the way, you can see that I inserted back pieces but left the middle section open. Yes, the plumbing will come in from that wall, but actually, I didn't have any spare ply for that section. I will add it later — or maybe just allow the wall to be the back.

    My next task is to add cockbead molding around each of the openings. I need a lot of strips of 1/4" thick poplar. I have set the fence to 1/4" and am ripping a piece of poplar into the thin strips. I would never be able to do this ripping safely without the Grip-Tites in place. After I feed the board almost all the way through, I walk around to the outfeed side and pull it the rest of the way. The hold-downs keep firm control of the board at all times. I do not know of any other safe way to make these repetitive, narrow cuts.

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      With the strips cut, I will use this specialty bit [CMT Molding System]. It has a ¼" beading shape that I will use.

    I use the bent wrench to install the bit.

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   I use the RouterRaizer to adjust the bit height until the bead portion is centered on one of the 1/4" strips.

   I have placed finger board holddowns before and after the bit vertically and right at the bit horizontally. I set them so that they have very light pressure on the strips. I really want them to just keep the strip on the table and against the fence.

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  It didn't take much time at all to shape all the strips. I have left the table saw and the router setup in case I need to cut more (and I will.)
   Next, it is time to trim each and every one of these to the openings.

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