Doors are built!

[easterngray]

I got the five raised panel doors built - four in the bedroom, one in the bath.

Here's a shot of the jig and one of the panels - My wife did decide that two panels per door rather than one would be better. Sorry for the quality of the pictures - they're from my phone.

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Jig and Panel

Here's a shot of one of the doors in the bedroom. Not yet hung, just resting on the ground. The space to the left of this small closet will be built in drawers with raised panel drawer fronts to match the style of the closet doors.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j209/flytackle/rpd1.jpg
Raised panel closet door

The Shopsmith performed admirably with the panels. I used my 9" Freud thin kerf carbide blade. It did bog down a bit when doing the cross-grain end cuts on the panels. I had to go slow and easy and I still got a wee bit of burning at the shoulders. I think if I had a 1 1/8 HP motor it might have been avoided. I had no problem with the longer cuts with the grain.

I'll let all the doors warm up in the house overnight then sand and glue up tomorrow. The shop temps have been between 19 and 34 degrees! I had to get this done this week though as I have some time off. Happy new year and God bless! Alec

[mickyd]

Nice job Alec. Think of the $$ your saving.

Were you surprise by the bog down? I am but remember, I have no experience with cutting yet. It just doesn't seem like that should bog down a motor.

[easterngray]

Thanks Mike. I was a bit surprised. But the saw blade is high with these bevel cuts and its only the edge of the outer teeth that clear the face of the board. Note that the burning is at the shoulder. The fact that I had no problems cutting with the grain is interesting though. Evidently the work load is greater with the cross-grain cuts. Alec

[navycop]

Was it hard to hold the big panel vertical? Or does the jig do a good job of that? Is this the jig from SS PTWFE? Sorry for all the newb questions..

[easterngray]

I clamped the panel to the jig - the jig itself slides down the fence. Works like a charm! That is the jig from PTWWFE minus the bolt on clamp. My panels were too long for that. Alec

[john]

Nice Job!

That's the kind of job I tend to shy away from due to lack of confidence. I commend you (and others) for taking on such a challenge, and producing such great work.

John

[dusty]

It looks like a great job, Alec. The taper jig seems to have worked real well. However, I have a question. How did you make the cut that terminates the taper? It appears as though that edge is at 90 degrees to the face of the door panel (not done at the same time as the taper).

[bhurley]

You've done a very good job cutting those on a Shopsmith with a jig. I've done that in the past for a large kitchen job that I had. The difficulty level of those bevels prevented me from even thinking of doing them on the SS. I made them with a jig on a larger table saw. Since then I've invested in the set of bits to do those kinds of cuts on the router table.

You should be commended on the quality of the finished product knowing the difficulty of the task.