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Gang all the door stiles for the job and do the layout work in one step. This will increase your accuracy.

to size. Lay out and cut the V4" x ³/4"-deep dados for the shelves -use the diagram to lay out your dados. Note that these are stopped dados that don't extend through the front of the sides. Also, cut the V x ³/4" rabbet for the backboards. Notch the front corners of the shelves so they fit in the stopped dado cuts.

Next, using a V2" core box bit chucked in a router and another shelf as a straightedge, cut a plate groove into the back of the lower three shelves that's approximately 1V4" from the back edge. Make sure to begin and end the cut just shy of the shelf ends.

Finish sand the shelves and the insides of the sides, then glue the unit together. Check for squareness by measuring the case diagonally from corner to corner.

When the glue is dry, add the square pegs through the sides and into the shelves as you did to the lower section.

Simple Mullioned Doors

For the doors, lay out and cut the mortises on the stiles. Because these are glass-pane doors, cut a ³/s" x ¹/2" rabbet on the interiors of all eight door pieces.

Now cut the rails to finished size and get ready to cut the tenons on both ends. This tenon fits around the rabbet in the stiles. Here's how to make it: Set your table saw's blade height to H" and define the tenons' shoulders on the face sides of the rails.

Next, move the fence ³/s" closer to the blade and define the shoulders on the back of the rails as well as the shoulder on the

Create a half-lap joint by marking the location on the latched door and creating a matching rabbet on the other door.

edge. Then finish the tenons by completing the necessary cheek cuts. Test fit all of the pieces and then assemble the door frames.

Now rout the mortises for the door hinges and install the hinges. Hang the doors. Now cut down the door stiles so they overlap in the center. Remember to keep the stiles the same width.

One of these doors will open with a latching knob, and the other one will open using a release inside the cupboard. Remove the door that will have the latching knob and cut a ³/s" x ³/s" rabbet on the back side of its interior stile. Reinstall this door and

allow the rabbet to overlap onto the opposite door's stile.

Mark the overlap on the opposite door and cut a matching rabbet to produce the half-lap joint shown above.

Next, with the doors installed, mark the location of the top and bottom of each shelf on the door stiles. This will properly place the glass dividers on the door so they conceal the shelves when the doors are shut. Also mark for a ^3/4"-wide vertical divider on the edge of the two rails of each door.

Now cut the long strips of V4" x ^1/2" material for the interior dividers and the ^1/4" x ^3/4" strips for

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Popular Woodworking June 2002