This is always fun...

[Leo G]

NOT!

I am making a couple of mirror frames out of Soft Maple, soft may rear end. The fun part is making the rabbet for the mirror to rest in. The mirror cant be reliably cut to the shape so I make them square. I route out the perimeter with a 3/8" rabetting router bit with a bearing, 7/16" deep. This follows the contour of the shape and leaves large rounded corners.

For the upper cut I first use my battery circular saw and cut the sqhare outline to 7/16" depth. This gives me my stopping point. Then I use a 1/2" bit in my router to hog out the remaining wood. Makes quite a bit of chips.

After that is done I still have to square up the corners. That is done with a chisel. That's the fun part. The last corner I finally got sick of it and sharpened the chisel. Dummy me. Should have done that first, didn't realize it was so dull until I sharpened it up and it cut like butter. So a couple of pics. No before pics though, sorry.


Front side of mirror frame
http://fototime.com/03E49854E969EDB/orig.jpg

Back side of mirror frame
http://fototime.com/D6FEAC8A522A73B/orig.jpg

Close up of pain in the butt corner
http://fototime.com/194E229D1F77F43/orig.jpg

[ChrWright]

Very sharp. Are these cabinet doors or just wall mounted?

Are you adding a crown detail to the top?

[Leo G]

Just wall mounted. I really didn't have to make the corners square, it's just that I'm anal.

[Silvertree]

Just wall mounted. I really didn't have to make the corners square, it's just that I'm anal.

Anal is the woodworkers creed, isn't it?

And I can say I'm not anal, although I spent a half day deciding whether I would use and 10 or 11 degree angle on some base shoe I was having made.
I ended up ordering 15 degree.
But that's not anal, that's just good trim technique.:rolleyes3:

[Leo G]

That's not anal Paul, just indecisive :rolleyes:

[Leo G]

Very sharp. Are these cabinet doors or just wall mounted?

Are you adding a crown detail to the top?


Here is the eCab rendering of what I am working on now. I have an office that I am doing in this house also.
http://fototime.com/E95D8CF65ABF5D3/standard.jpg

[Bodger]

Nice. I like those pocket screws. I haven't used my biscuit joiner near as much as I used to.

I found one of my old dowel jigs too the other day. Gawd, can't imagine still using that thing.

On the job I've got now, we're butt jointing 2 X 6 Ipe with the Festool domino cutter and using the exterior redwood dominos. That's a nice tool.
It isn't mine, but I might just have to pop for one.

[Leo G]

Each one has its place. Recently I had to use my dowel jig to do the Gatling gun wheel. On the mirror I had to use the pocket screws and biscuits. On the area where the curve meets the stile it was to thin for pocket screws and dowels. I don't have a domino, pricey.

[Bodger]

Each one has its place. Recently I had to use my dowel jig to do the Gatling gun wheel. On the mirror I had to use the pocket screws and biscuits. On the area where the curve meets the stile it was to thin for pocket screws and dowels. I don't have a domino, pricey.



I never liked the dowel jigs. Seemed like I was always just enough off to blow up what I was doing. Might have been an operator problem.

I can understand needing it for a specific project though.

So far, the only thing I don't like about the Domino is that the bits are a touch on the fragile side. I'm using Dri Cote to try to reduce the friction though. And Ipe is never bit friendly.

EDIT TO ADD:

Oh sheeeit...this is my 999th post. I have this OCD thing about thresholds and milestones.

I won't be posting that 1000th post until I have a chance to get liquored up or go through my nut-case rituals.

[WarnerConstInc.]

No doubt, Ipe is some tough stuff and that Domino cutter moves fast.

I was told you can have those sharpened, but was also told they should last 5000 cuts in hard maple. And like 12000 in soft woods.

[ChrWright]

Ipe will tear up just about anything. When we do a deck I usually by a half dozen countersinks and at least three saw blades.

[Bodger]

Ipe will tear up just about anything. When we do a deck I usually by a half dozen countersinks and at least three saw blades.


The dust is also brutal. Makes my skin and eyes burn.

[Blue]

until I have a chance to get liquored up or go through my nut-case rituals.

haven't worked with IPE yet. want to though.

Bodger, can you expound a little about these nightly rituals you speak of?

[Silvertree]

I have done some very nice built ins on the jobsite with my Kregs pocket tool and a Freud Biscuit joiner.
I surprised myself with the Kreg, looked like a real cab
inet guy did the work.

[Leo G]

Ya, those Kreg screws just make the cabinet assemble itself :mad2: