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Building a Flat Panel Door

Build a flat panel door

A flat panel door can be defined as a door in which the panel has no bevel or hip raise.  It can still be considered a five piece door,  as it consists of two stiles, two frames and a panel.  The stiles are the vertical members of the frame, while the rails are the

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Router feed direction and bit rotation

I recently purchased a set of Rockler’s Bench Cookies.  I’ve been reading about them all over the internet and no doubt I’m probably the last woodworker in the world to have purchased a set   I was excited to try them out and thought I would combine it with an article about router feed

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Inlaid half blind dovetail joints

I planned to make inlaid half blind dovetail joints for the frame of the knife display case.  The frame is made from African Mahogany and the inlays are tiger maple.  This article will show how I made the joints.  For more information on the Leigh Jig please visit their website.  The article which I

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Pockets for the knives

After completing a test piece, it was time to route out all the pockets for the knives. 19 knives in total, with the pockets to be routed in a beautiful piece of 7/8″ thick tiger maple. A little nerve wracking to say the least!

Here are some progress pictures. The Eagle head of the

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Pockets for knife display case – test piece

I decided to do a test piece for the pockets I will be making for the knife display case. I’ve learned the value of test pieces from bitter experience. The extra time taken always seems to pay dividends as you figure out a process using a piece of scrap wood.

The first step was

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Daisy Pin Router

My initial plan to create the slots holding the knives in the display case was to use my scroll saw. However, the case dimensions were 16″ x 30″ which would have been to big for my scroll saw. Further, when I took delivery of the knives I saw the eagle part of the handle

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