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Novice's router problem
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I am making a cabinet door. I cut 4 pieces of 1x3 and routed a 1/4" grove
in them to take a plywood panel. I then routed a 1/4" tongue on the ends of
the short pieces to mate with the grove in the long pieces.
I "intended" on assembling the door and then routing a 1/2" roundover on the
inside and outside edges of the 1x3. I made up a partial sample, and like
how it looks; simple but strong.
Well, it just occurred to me that panel will get in the way of the router
bit and prevent me from doing the inside roundover. And I can't do them
before assembly because they won't fit together properly. And I can't do a
temporary assembly because it will be too flimsy to hold together properly
without glue.
I know there are special router bits for this purpose, but I have already
cut the panel grove, so I am kinda committed.
Any suggestions how to make this work?
In the end I expect I will have to assemble it temporarily and hope for the
best, but hopefully someone will have a better idea.
thanks
As long as your rails (horizontal pieces) are not cut to length yet, you
can simply do the roundover, and then cope the joint. You cut the
profiled portion off of the stiles (vertical pieces) the width of the
unmolded portion of the rails. Then you cut the rails to the proper
length, and cope the roundover to the stiles. . .Clear as mud, right? Do
some practice joints first. I have made full size doors this way, as it
is the original way it was done.
Kim
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