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It just so happens I just got my new Steel City 17" drill press and it's mortise
attachment, ( can see the assembly here) So it would be a great time to try it
out. I have never made a mortise and tenon joint before or used a mortiser.
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The only think i don't like about this process was the difficult lineing up the
edge of the mortice and centering it in the board. I guess this will take
some time and technique. Here I am plungin in for the first cut. |
The final mortice. The included chisels and bits work quite well and sliced
right through the wood. |
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You can see here it left a little rough of an edge, and bottom but that was easily
and quickly cleaned out with a chisel. |
Now to make the mortise in the kick plate. This was a bit more difficult since
it was taller than the hold down and guides could support. So I riged up another
fence and sandwiched it in. |
I still had to hold it steady with 1 hand and it wanted to lift, but the cuts turned
out well. |
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Now to make the tenons. Luckly (I checked before making the mortises) I left
this member more than long enough for the 3/8" tenons. I marked the depth of the
top one, then marked the top of the cheek of the bottom one, and finally the final
length of the bottom tenon. |
I used the table saw and snuck up to the correct width. Making a pass on each side
and checking the mortise. |
Not wanting to change the table saw blade heighth so I could go back to it later,
I used 3 layers of tape on each side and I snuck up the the width of the tennons.
I did this separatly on each side because the widths of the mortices could be different
since I didn't use any stop blocks or markings when making hte mortices. After
geting the right width, I made a few final passes all around to make a clean shoulder. |
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I test fitted, and then glue and clamped the three peices together. |
Now it was time to glue the assembly to the case. I used 2 cals to proved
the necessary pressure to the middle of the case. Right angle guides to get
the bottom flush and clamps to pull everything together. |
I forgot my camera during this part of shop time, but I broke down the large boards into rough size pieces for the doors. Then cut them to final size. they
are ready for the glue up. |
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My layout of all the pieces. The door will be using a bread board type layout. |
Ready for glue. |
Camp up of the door's center pieces. |
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