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4 Easy Installation.

These no-mortise hinges make installing the doors a quick and easy job.

At this point, the cases and the base are joined into one assembly, but one of the major features of the workcenter — its generous storage — still needs more work. The three front cases simply need doors and shelves. But I had other ideas for the router table case. Here, easy access to my ever-growing collection of router bits and accessories was my number one goal. A couple of deep drawers are the answer.

Simple Doors. 1 took on the easier challenge of making the

overlay doors first. As you can see in Figure 6,1 certainly didn't get fancy here. I started by cutting panels of MDF to overlap the openings in the cases by on all sides. And then after rounding the sharp corners, 1 routed a roundover on the outside edges. Other than adding the hardware, you're done.

Mounting the Doors. To install the doors, I turned to some self-closing, no-mortise hinges. As you can see in the margin photo at left, they look a little intimidating, but

actually, I found that they were pretty easy to install.

There are a couple of helpful tips I can share with you. First, these hinges are designed to be used on both inset and overlay doors. For the overlay doors here, you want to attach the hinge plate with the long arm to the case (Figure 6b). This will give you the right "swing."

Second, the hinges have slotted screw holes for horizontal adjustment, but not much in the way of vertical adjustment. So to help me get the vertical position correct, I drew corresponding centerlines for the hinge plate on both the door and case. This way you can simply center the middle screw hole of the hinge plate on this line.

Details. A couple more details and you can move on to the dra wers for the router table case. You won't need catches on the doors, but you will need pulls. 1 ordered some durable, hard plastic pulls for this job. They simply screw to the face of the door. And finally, I cut a couple of MDF shelves to size for the two storage cases (Figure 6a).

The Drawers. The two drawers I built for the router table case are likewise, no frills. As you can see in Figure 7, they're just sturdy boxes with false, overlay fronts.

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