Toothy prep
Well, that decided where to start for the evening I guess. I ripped the panels first, and then changed the blade because it was just wandering too much, and then cut the rails to approximate thickness and the stiles to rough thickness and straightened.
Before:
After:
Bunch of small thin stock gathered as well. I’ll leave that dry on its own, see if it stays unwarped.
Then on to cleaning up edges on the panels.
And then checking to see if I have enough width on the panels…
Yup, all good. Just resaw those and it’ll be grand.
Then on to cleaning up the faces of the rails and stiles. Started on the stiles and on the first pass it became obvious there was a problem.
Even a close-set #5 left huge tearout, really nasty stuff.… Read the rest
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Mark Dennehy in 3 Comments
(That white glue streak is from where the bad saw cut was. The design will have to cut around that).
…downhill on a wet slope towards a brick wall while blindfolded.
