
We have
created three work stations. If we can keep them clean and un-cluttered it makes
cabinetmaking so very easy.
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In almost all uses of the Festool Plunge Saw, we use the guide rail to make clean and accurate cuts. Here, Elena is not using the guide rail, but instead the Parallel Guide. This well designed accessory allows the Plunge Saw to do the same task as a table saw make repetitive accurate rip cuts. In this case, she is ripping material for the rails and stiles of raised panel doors. She has set the width of the cut to 2 9/16". I will describe all these dimensions in some future pages, but for now, suffice it to say that the width has to be very exact in order to make doors that will fit exact opening. The parallel guide allows her to make very exact cuts. |
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Station
2 is an MFT (multi function table) that is set up to do three things in the cabinetmaking
process. 1) with guide rail moved to the right against a stop and two machines moved, the
MFT serves as a very accurate cross cut saw giving us square and accurate components
as fast as a going to a sliding miter saw. We will see more of this
later.
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Station
3 is a second MFT. In our shop, we have installed a router lift and a fence so that we can
use it as a full function router table.
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In this picture, we are making a sample cut of a rail. While the fence is made of the same MDF material as we have on the MFT table top, it is a full fledged fence the holes allow us to set feather boards in place quickly and accurately.
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Elena
and I are now in the process of shooting a DVD on the subject of Cabinetmaking. As
we do that, we will also create "how-to" pages on each and every task.
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