Popular Woodworking 2004-02 № 139, страница 85USING THE JOINT MAKER TO CREATE A HAUNCHED MORTISE-AND-TENON JOINT You can cut grooves on the inside of edges of rails and stiles with a straight bit. Lock the carriage to the base with a wood screw and feed the parts past the bit, guiding them along the mount. > cut the mortise, clamp a stile to the carriage so the inside edge faces the router. Adjust the hex bolts so the clamp jaws sit squarely on the work while you tighten the knobs. Secure a stop against the end of the stile to quickly align the other stiles. This makes it a lot easier to make the same cut in multiple pieces without having to set it up each time. Advance the router bit to cut the full depth of the mortise. Holding the carriage,feed the stock into the bit no more than Vs" deep at a time, moving it side to side. For the tenon, mount a rail on the carriage so the edge is perpendicular to the mounting plate. Secure stops against the rail to help you position the others for duplicate cuts. You can use the wooden clamp as a stop to prevent the bit from cutting into the carriage as you work. Once you set feed the rail across the work, you need up the stops and clamps to cut the tenons just as you want them, the bit, cutting the underside of the stock.With the cutter below to pull the work toward you to cut against the rotation of the bit. To cut the tenon's shoulders, turn the rail so the outside edge rests on the carriage and clamp it in place. Readjust the router bit and cut the haunch in the tenon, using the carriage to feed the work and control the cut. popwood.com 83 |