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Ok..yesterday...Had to go and bring the Boss home...(LONG story) THEN go out and pay the monthly bills, and Grocery shop....Then a trip across the street to Lowes..
On Sale!....1 x 2 x 4'....Total...

Ok..got all 18 runners done..
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However, came time to cut the pine back rails..
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There was only enough GOOD 1x 2 left for 1 back rail....Trip to Lowes yesterday to restock

I had...

Set the router table aside, for now...cut 18 drawer runners on the tablesaw for length..
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Here is about half of them....each need a tenon on each end..
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Nibble away...working away...

Ok, dovetail bit was done..time to change bits..
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There was a time, long ago, where a router by B&D was all metal, and was a clone of a DeWalt No. 610....and both needed 2 wrenches to change...

1st Router table use...needed a jig to slide along the fence..
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To run parts past a dovetail bit..
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9 "rails", dovetail "Tails" on each end...takes 4 passes

Goal was to match this...

Will do an "Up-Date" later this evening..once we get the Boss back home and settled in...
Warning: Router Table will be in use
Warning: Tablesaw will be making tenons

Weird Sign award: This...

Thinking the term does or does not include slicks?
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And maybe not from the realm of Timber Framers?


Shorty is 11" long..and a mere 1-1/2" wide...
Big Brother..is 15" long, and an even...

ok, to get the rebates milled..
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Had to move these out of the way...cauls were a might too close to my arms as they were going by..
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Used the Craftsman3720 to mill a 3/8" wide by 1/4"...

Curved areas near the feet, used a drum sander in a cordless drill...high rail was lower,,,with a beltsander, and couple spokeshaves..and a palm sander..until finally..
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The Stanley No. 80...

Up date time...the 2 sides were clamped together, inside to inside...the back stiles already have their rebates milled to house the 1/4" plywood back. Lined the back stiles up
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With the...

Had to replace a curvy one..
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Had enough "Leftovers" for that..
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The wide one on the bottom..isn't quite that wide, any more

The best 9 rails are all clamped up into a single...

These 2 planks..
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Needed to be cross cut in 24" (Roughly) lengths
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Then run through the rip fence at 1-3/8" width...
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Then needed to skinny them down to 3/4" thickness.....

Side #2 is out of the clamps..
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And Standing in front of Side #1...back to back...one foot will need trimmed a bit, otherwise, they match up quite nicely

2 hours and 20 minutes in the shop, today...Results?
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Well..there is the inside of Side #2...being glued up..
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Had to get 8 raised panels and 9 rails all spiffy-fied up..
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And...

Shopping trip..$108.86
Need to load this up..
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Into this space..

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Needed to fold the other back seat down..so the 8' long 1 x 4s will fit...The six 1 x 2x 6' were a tight...

Well..I did try to get $20 off....but..he only allowed the 10% the Mall gives...on anything over $40...

Cheer Up....Yard Sale Season has started around here...

The Boss is coming home next Wednesday Afternoon-ish...Same day as Pay Day...I get to go out, and pay the bills that morning, then go pick her up. Being released to Home Health Care.

She also...

A dry fit that also involved a panel...
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Did not go well...seems I will be doing this, tomorrow...again..
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The Dreaded Too Fat Rebate....back has said enough for today...and..
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2 stiles also got their feet sawn...
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Was a good thing that this was the "inside" for both Stiles..
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As both had a few "bad" spots, all on one Face...the other face was clear...

Dry fits..first one of the day..
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And the Last Dry fitted rail of the day..
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18 Mortises were chopped and fitted to the rails, today...tool?
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Nothing real fancy...I just sit...

Well, that glue-up is now out of the clamps, and standing up on it's own 2 feet..
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Next 2 Stiles look like this..
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2 hours IN the shop, today...then go upstairs and mow the yard......

Set one stile on the bench and into the jig....it was marked for "INside" so set that face away from me...then glue on tenon, and a spot of glue in the center of a panel..and worked my way down to...

Rails needed to look spiffy, of course..all 9 of them..first task was deciding which face looked the best..
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And which didn't quite make the grade...flipped this one over..
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And ran...

Hmm, try again on photos..This morning worked on getting Raised Panels ready..
from this..
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Saw marks, burnt spots, ridges. and rough stuff..to
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Ready to sand to 180 grit...a Stanley...

Plan last night, was to haul a stack of supplies to the shop, and bring a hamper of dried clothes back upstairs...

Plan got changed a bit..set all these aside..
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Set up the #3Stile in the...