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Default Trimming the bottoms of doors square. (w/pics)


"David F. Eisan" wrote in message
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Hello everyone,

I am working on the last of the kitchen doors for my parents. These are
the first Rail and Stile doors I have worked on since installing the
DeWALT sliding table on my newly restored 60's Unisaw. For the first time
I was able to trim the bottom of the doors rather than try to sand the
bottoms flush. I must say it is a dream.

When I set up the saw, I scribed a line strait back from the left side of
the blade into the cast top, this helps greatly when cutting. With the
door on the sliding table, I over hang the bottom of the door a smidgen
over the scribed line and then make my cut. It takes off any glue squeeze
out and trims the door strait and square.

Sliding table solution to a problem we folks who have to do without have
solved by referencing the kerf on our cutoff sled's fence.

Remember the "exac-ti-cut" Sears saws? They had a resettable plastic insert
to show the kerf. Not long until we have some sort of laser, I guess.