Woodworker's Journal Contemporary-Medicine-Cabinet, страница 5

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13. Glue and clamp the shelves in place.

14. Check for squareness.

15. Cut and fit the back.

16. Glue and screw in place.

Step 4: Make the Door

1. Take the four strips cut from the frame and glue them together.

2. Use a band clamp to apply even pressure.

3. Build a jig to cut the splines on the table saw:

a) Cut a piece of 3/4" particleboard to 12" by 10".

b) Cut two pieces of 3/4" stock to 1-1/2" wide by 14" long.

c) Miter one end.

d) Glue the two mitered pieces to the particleboard as shown in Fig. 1.

4. Set the table saw blade to 1".

5. Position the jig against the rip fence.

6. Set the fence to cut a 1/8" groove 3/16" from both faces.

7. Repeat the process on all four corners.

8. Use a 3/8" cove bit to cut a door pull on the inside edge of the door. NOTE: The cove is 4" x 3/8" x 3/8" and is centered on the frame.

10. NOTE the grain direction and cut eight 2-1/2" x 1-1/4" by 1/8" splines to fit the grooves.

11. Begin to glue in place.

12. Make sure the splines rest flat against the bottom of the groove.

13. Clamp face to face.

14. Allow the glue to dry.

15. Hand plane the excess spline.

16. Sand the frame.

17. Set up the router table with a 1/4" rabbet bit.

18. Make three passes to cut a rabbet 1/4" wide by 1/2" deep.

19. Cut and fit the door back (part I) and the quarter-round molding.

20. Apply several coats of polyurethane to the frame, back, and molding.

21. Begin assembling by placing the mirror in.

22. Use 5/8" by 18-gauge brads to tack the predrilled back molding into place. NOTE: Use four brads on parts J and three brads on parts K.

23. Locate and mark two points 7-3/4" from the top and bottom of the door and centered on the frame to layout the position of the magnetic door catches.

24. Bore a 9/16" hole 3/4" deep.