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FEATURE PROJECT and screwed in place so it's flush •with the back edge of the shelf, see Side View on page 18. door. Now all that's left is to add a flip-up door to the front of the compartment. Note: It's identical to a lower panel assembly that's added later. So I made the door and the lower panel assembly at the same time. Each one is a plywood panel (H) that's wrapped with strips of hardwood, see Fig. 2. A tongue on one edge of each panel fits a groove in a wide rail (I). The other three edges are covered with thin strips of edging (J). pull. To create a finger pull, I cut a curved notch in the rail. Attaching the door with a piano hinge and adding magnetic catches completes the case. Table_• With the case complete, you can turn your attention to the table. Besides providing a large drawing surface, the table has a built-in metal channel on one edge to guide the T-square. Here again, the table is made up of a plywood panel (K) that's surrounded with strips of hard wood, see Fig. 3. But this time, all four edges are rabbeted to form a tongue all the way around. rails & stiles. These tongues fit in grooves cut in the rails (L) and stiles (M). You'll also need to rabbet the ends of the rails to form a short (stub) tenon that fits into the stiles. aluminum channel. Next, to guide the T-square, I added the aluminum channel to the left stile. It fits in a groove in the stile and is screwed in place, see Fig. 3a. pencil stop. Finally, to keep pencils from rolling off the table, I glued a pencil stop (A7) to the bottom rail, see Fig. 3b. NOTE: FOR DETAILS OF TONGUE AND GROOVE JOINT, REFER TO FIG. 2 PANEL 203/4" x 3OVe" -%" PLYWOOD) STILE (1V2" x 23!4" -W-THICK HARDWOOD) —<0> kail (V/2" X 30'/s" - 94"-THICK HARDWOOD) .XL) ALUMINUM CHANNEL #6 x 72 Rh WOODSCREW pencil STOP 1/2" x 1" - 2314" ALUMINUM CHANNEL ('/&" THICK) PENCIL STOP (1" x 32%" -3/4"-THICK HARDWOOD) RABBET END OF RAIL TO FORM 14" x !4"T0NGUE #6 x Vz Rh WOODSCREW No. 41 ShopNotes 19 |
