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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...

Hauled a stack of supplies to the shop, tonight....decided to fix the two wide rails...then went ahead on chopped the 9 mortises in the matching stile...then brought up the clothes from the Clothes...

The "G" was for Government Contracts (WW2)..The "B" merely meant an Improvement was made..of some sort..either an upgrade, or to make a tool easier to Make.

Like: a No. 9BGC model....which...

Maybe later today?
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Move things around, and chop the 9 mortises in Stile #3...to match Stile #4's 9...and prep things for a glue up?

Then, while Side #1 sits in the clamps for a few...

So far, so good..
Before the Raised Panels could be Dry Fitted up..needed to work on the face that will show, a bit.
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Removed any saw/burn marks...and ridges..and get things nice and...

Ok..back to doing "Spoon feed" for the photos..and see IF things are any better...
Had FAT Rebates..
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We have ways..
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Run the Craftsman No. 3720 ( Sargent No. 79, Type 2) along...

This one was in use, today..
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Fine Tuning rebates...so that the rails will go on better...without binding..

Been complaining about that Photo BS for MONTHS now...nothing was ever fixed...I have to go back and RELOAD each and every photo AGAIN...

And..it is only on THIS site, that this happens...yet..a...

Narrow rails used a simpler mortise..
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Have the top and bottom wide rails and 7 narrow rails..

Got about halfway along the Stile,,rotated the stile, and worked on the last...

Had a profile to bandsaw..
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So...
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We have a foot for the case to stand on.


Cleared off the top of the bench a bit...and set up a Mortise Jig..
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Attaches to the bench...

Fire Pit...
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First 2 stiles have their grooves done...#3?


There were issues..served me right for working on a Monday..

First..the cutter in the Stanley 45 was acting up...got to...