David's Kitchen, did tons of door machining today... (w/8 pics)

[David Eisan]

Hello everyone,

I spent about 4 hours tonight turning a bunch of rough boards into rail & stile material for my kitchen doors, drawers and end panels.

Here is the rough stock,

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/poplarrough.jpg

It all had to be face jointed,

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/poplarjointing.jpg

Then planed,

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/poplarplaning.jpg

And finally ripped into the four different widths I would need for the 22 raised panels required for the kitchen,

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/poplarripping.jpg

Regular doors have a 2-7/16" width rail and stile, the rails of upper drawers are 1-7/16, side panels stiles next to face frames are 1-11/16 and side panels that need to be scribed to the walls start out at a really fat 2-15/16 to account for the grossest possible walls. I know that a 1/2" for scribing is overkill, but better safe than sorry.

The pile looks quite different once it has gone from the rough to finished width,

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/poplarripped.jpg

I setup a Delta branded CMT fingernail profile stick bit in my JessEm router table,

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/poplarsticksetup.jpg

The bearing is inline with both fence faces, no rocking of the straight edge, but the bearing still rolls when I slide the combination square blade back and fourth.

I then powerfed all the stock through,

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/poplarrunningstick.jpg

Here is what I finished with tonight,

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/poplarstickdone.jpg

Next up, cut all the stock to length, cope the ends and raise some panels out of 1/2" MDF.

Thanks for looking,

David.

Every Neighbourhood has one, in Mine I'm Him.

[Ben Grunow]

Looks like me in about 6 months. How do like the Jessem table? I am thinking of buying instead of building and that fence looks like it would suit me fine (how is the fine adjustment control?).

Keep it up. BTW 1/2" is sometimes not enough depending on who framed the house.

Thanks. Ben

[Greg Narozniak]

Power Feeder on a Router Table. I LOVE that!

[John Schreiber]

Nice job for four hours work. Also a great example of what machines do. I can use that process to explain their functions to my wife.

One problem: if I show her your posting she will think I could do it as fast as you did.

[Jerry White]

Excellent pictures and narrative of the process, David. I hope you will keep them coming. In picture #1, the second board from the top has a pretty good twist in it. I am curious as to how you handled that. You have some well selected machines, and obviously the skill to use them.

Thanks,

Jerry

[Jim Becker]

Nice progress, David. Good pictorial.

[David Eisan]

How do like the Jessem table? I am thinking of buying instead of building and that fence looks like it would suit me fine (how is the fine adjustment control?). Ben

I love the JessEm table!

Lots of money, but the best!

Thanks,

David.

[David Eisan]

Power Feeder on a Router Table. I LOVE that!

I had always wondered about putting a PF on a router table. I looked around the Internet to see if others had done it, but I couldn't find much. The RT is the only tool that has bitten me, so that made the decision a no brainer.

I love it, the quality of cut is awesome, and my fingers are no where near the sharp spinny things.

Thanks,

David.

[David Eisan]

I hope you will keep them coming. In picture #1, the second board from the top has a pretty good twist in it. I am curious as to how you handled that. Jerry

I had to cut that board in half lengthwise in order for it to be useful and not end up with a 3/8" board once flat. In fact, I did that with three of the boards.

Thanks,

David.

[Dave Ray]

Looks like you had a fun day, David. Thanks for pic's and great walk thru. I felt like I was with you in your shop.

[J.R. Rutter]

Good job! I do some climb cut door edges on my router table from time to time. The feeder makes it a safe, fast consistent process.

Did you get any movement in the strips during/after ripping them? Some species I have to rip first, then flatten or I risk bowing.

Keep the pics and description coming!