"WoodRat — New Projects and Uses"

	Last week before she left, Andrea was able to plane a board of ambrosia maple down to the 1/2" thickness.
This week, she takes up where she left off. She has set up the Grip-Tite ripping system to make safe rip cuts. She carefully cuts to the same width as the sides, minus the depth of the rabbet.
	She carefully measures and cuts the various cross pieces.
As she cuts each piece, Andrea fits it in place and marks where the pieces will join with outside corners.
	We thought long and hard on this — what glue to use and how to clamp the mitered corners. We decided that we could use a CA glue with an accelerator and just hold the joint together for the 10 to 15 seconds it will take to set.    Andrea folds the joint back and sprays the accelerator of one of the bevels.
On the mating piece, Andrea spreads a thin line of the CA glue. She will follow with a tongue depressor to smooth the glue over the entire edge.    The glue we are using is the 2P-10solo Ten Second Adhesive that I get from Sommerfeld Tools. (click here for info)
	It doesn't take long at all for Andrea to glue and hold each of the corners. The strapping tape she used makes for a very strong hinge that prevents the pieces from shifting. She just squeezes the pieces together and counts to 10.
She has clamped the DowelMax to the corner. She has switched the 3/8" guides to 1/4" and is drilling just 2 holes at this point. (to earlier DowelMax review)
	Normally the 2nd set of holes would be with the jig aligned from the other side of the board, but with the rabbet there, Andrea has cut a spacer to use when setting the jig in place.
She taps dowels in place in this first set of holes. And, yes, she will remove the nylon filament packing tape now.
	She drilled matching holes in the straight board and has added some carpenter's glue to dowels and ends.
It is a good joint. She doesn't want to clamp the pieces together for fear of damaging the very crisp mitered edges.