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Here's where it all comes together.You car see the grooves for the panels in the rails and legs and the mitered tenons. Again, when cutting the grooves, you want to move the router in the direction opposite the rotation of the cutterhead. In this instance, this means moving the router from left to right. the grooves. A couple passes with a shoulder plane on the tongues made my doors slide smoothly. Once everything fits, glue the side assemblies up. Put glue in the mortises, but not in the grooves. You'll want to finish everything before final assembly, so set the side assemblies and the rest of the parts aside for later. The Top: Still More Grooves The top is made much the same as the sides. First cut the 1/2"-thick x 1"-long tenons on the ends of the rails. Cut the mortises to match in the stiles. Get out your router and your fence again, chuck the 3/8" straight bit in there and set the distance between the bit and the fence to 3/l6" (this will make the top recessed into the frame). Set the depth of cut to 3/8" and cut the grooves in the rails and the stiles. Cut the detail on the ends of the stiles as shown in the drawings. I cut it using my band saw and cleaned up the bevel using a plane. Finally, cut a 3/8"-deep x 1/2"-long rabbet on the bottom side of your panel. Finish sand all the parts and glue up the top frame. Finish and Fit Before finishing, apply masking tape to all the tenons and plug the mortises with packing peanuts. Apply three coats of a clear finish, such as clear shellac or lacquer, and sand between each coat. When the finish has fully cured, assemble the case. Apply glue in the mortises, slide the doors in place and clamp it up. Check the case for square across the height and depth of the case. When the glue is dry, attach the top using desktop fasteners (sometimes commonly called "figure-8" fasteners). With a 3/4" Forstner bit chucked into your hand drill, cut a recess for the fastener in the top of each leg. Screw the fasteners to the legs. Then screw the case to the underside of the top. Whenever I finish a project SUPPLIES Rockler www.rockler.com 800-279-4441 Desktop fasteners, item # 21650, $3.99 for a package of eight. Micro Fence www.microfence.com 1-800-480-6427 such as this, I can't help but look askance at the tiny imperfections (unnoticeable to most people) that come from handwork. But then I try to remember another Zen saying from Ts'ai Ken T'An that should comfort all woodworkers: "Water which is too pure has no fish." PW My large shoulder plane is probably one of the most useful tools in my shop. It trims tenons and deepens rabbets better than anything else out there.The original Record 073 (now out of production) sells used for several hundred dollars. I bought my Lie-Nielsen version for $225. Pricey? Yes, but well worth it.When you trim the tongues on the doors, make sure you have something backing up your cut or you will blow out the grain at the end. BOOKSHELF If you're interested in Asian furniture, tools and construction methods, I recommend the following books available from The Japan Woodworker, 800-537-7820: "The Complete Japanese Joinery" by Hideo Sato, item # 03.241, $29.95 "The Art of Japanese Joinery" by Kiyosi Seike, item # 03.009, $16.95 "Traditional Japanese Furniture" by Kazuko Koizumi, item # 03.195, $85 "Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Spirit,Tradition and Use" by Toshio Odate, item # 03.250.25, $24.95 76 Popular Woodworking February 2002 |
