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It's
glue up time. Even with four panels to do, there is no rush. I am using yellow PVA glue
and it has a 20 minute open time. I do want to take the time to get a thorough coat on the
edge and the biscuits.
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I make minor adjustment so
that the lines match up and add some slight clamping pressure.
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I am as guilty as
many of you in over using a combination blade. Here, I am switching to a rip blade. It
does make better ripping and is worth the time it takes to make the change.
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I start ripping all the
rail and stile pieces — and there are a lot of them — 16 to be exact. I rip them
to the exact dimensions of the plans and add the blue tape with the part number.
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Where there is
repetitive cross cutting, I use the Exaktor's sliding table fence stop. There is no more
accurate way than this — if you set it correctly.
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I double check the cuts
against the Rockler Plan. You can see that there are a quite few boards.
Now it's time to cut all the profiles on the rails and stiles.
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The Rockler plans simply say to
cut the rail and stile profiles, so I turn to my instruction sheet from Marc Sommerfeld to
walk me through the steps.
Per his instructions, I will first make the cope end on each of the rails.
This profiled end will allow the rails to fit the profile of the frame members.
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I install the cope bit.
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I lock an insert plate
in position.
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I adjust the height so that
I have a very slight flat area at the bottom of the cutter. The illustration is from
Marc's tutorial on using these bits. Note that the illustration shows the normal view, but
the workpiece and cutter are upside down. The flat edge named "A" is what
I using to set the cutter. By the way, the white area in the illustration is the profile
of the bit. The tan represents the rail and stile profile that the cope will fit.
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Having set the right
height, I cut an access hole in the fence front using the saber saw and the method
outlined in the fence making instructions. [Click here if you want to go there now.]
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With the fence in position,
I use the Incra TS III micro-adjust feature to make the fence exactly even with the
bearing of the router bit. There is no better way to do this alignment.
I am ready to make the cuts.
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