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STEP 1:
Cut your stiles and rails to fit your cabinet door opening. Your rails should equal the with of your cabinet door opening plus twice the width of your stiles . . . plus 1-inch (twice the 1/2-inch depth of the groove you’ll be cutting in the rails for the raised panel to slide into. Mark the inside face of each stile and rail to receive a groove.
STEP 2:
Use your dado set-up to cut the panel grooves in the stiles and rails. In our example, we used just the two outer dado blades from our Shopsmith set, with no chippers and cut a 1/4-inch wide groove. Center the blade set in the table insert and set your blades to make a 1/2-inch deep cut. Now, adjust your MARK V’s Rip Fence so it’s 1/4-inch from the right side of your dado blades.
STEP 3:
To be certain the groove is centered in your stock, make your first pass through the dado, then flip your board end-for-end and make another pass. Repeat this two-step operation on all frame pieces. Continue . . . |
