Beth now spreads
yellow glue over the top side of the MDF panel.
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She positions the
burl veneer panel on the glued MDF piece.
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She lightly
presses the veneer onto the panel.
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Beth uses Saranwrap to
cover the top and bottom. This keeps any glue that is squeezed out from attaching to the
outer clamping boards.
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She has placed
the plastic wrapped sandwich on the trim board and is now placing the top in position.
These boards will help spread the clamping pressure uniformly on the veneer sides.
You have seen me use a vacuum bag for clamping veneer panels before. It would
be great to use here, but we want to show that clamps can work well on small panels, such
as this.
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She has clamped the
sandwich in the bench vise and is adding a couple of hand clamps to further squeeze the
package. She will leave it to set overnight.
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With the veneer work done
for the moment, Beth turns to work on some of the solid walnut panels she had glued up
last time.
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She had never used a
cabinet scraper before but quickly finds that it is easy to use and gives a super smooth
finish to these small panels.
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Here, Beth is laying the
glass pieces in place on the front and side frames she had made last week. She will simply
mark the outline of each piece of glass. If you recall, she opted not to change the
rail and stile router bits to cut the rabbet. Instead, she will cut the rabbet now.
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She holds the rabbeting bit
next to the frame to visualize the cut.
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Beth adjusts the router
height until the bearing rides against the molding edge.
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She has cut a small portion
and now inspects to see if the rabbeting is deep enough. It should be as deep as the
channel cut by the stile set.
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She determines that the
rabbet should be slightly deeper, so she changes the pattern bearing. The bearing set at
the left allows her to adjust the rabbet depth by swapping bearings. This assortment of
bearing is very handy for use with a lot of pattern bearing bits.
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