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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...

Just back home..and..
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Looking very finely polished and shiny!..
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The #39 had issues,,that Eric fixed...as did the #41..
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Everything looks and WORKS like new.

Many THANKS,...

Making Crispy Ash Noodles..yum..
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about every 3 pass, rub a bit of wax along the groove...tight squeeze..
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Had to make sure I was going the right direction, and NOT tear this spot...

During the Lay out..
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Decided to see what one side of the chest will look like...8 raised panels...to match the 8 drawers this will have..2" wide rail at the top, and other at the bottom..
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Since one end looked the best, I started there,
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Just hold them square...use one of the 2" wide rails...mark where the tenon meets the groove...square a line across...
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then, mark for...

75 minutes in the shop, today...and I am soaked. Will need to look for a Shop Fan...took 36 photos today..had to do some editing...plan was to do a bit of layout on the 4 stiles..then see about...

I also need a rebate all the way around each panel...two saw cuts..one to make a kerf cut..
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And the second setting to remove the waste...
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So that the panels will sit into the...

The "show face" needs to be beveled on all 4 edges...

Set up the saw with the Zero Clearance Overlay...and tilt the blade to the 15 degree mark on the saw's scale..
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Stand a blank straight...

Picked out the narrowest end..set the rip fence to that..
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Place the straightest edge against the fence, and run everything through, including the 3 wide boards from the 1 x 6..
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So far, so good...

Had one 1 x 4 x 5' to bring along, and a 1 x 6 x 4' to use...the 1 x 4 was good enough to give me 3 more blanks as is..
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But, the 1 x 6?
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Will need a bit more...

Going to try something else...had Photo Issues with the last post...had to go back and RELOAD all the photos in the last post...never change anything, before or after....so, will try the spoon fed...

Grooves have been run...over on the tablesaw...as the fence makes using this a bit rough..
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Rails are 1-3/8" wide...not enough left to put in a vise, and not hit the fence....was also having...