Cabinet for Tea Bag Holders #5: Door construction

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 The door blank needs to be split into 2 parts - a door top and a door front. I'm going to join them with a mitered rabbet joint. This will be a new experience for me.


I cut the step for the rabbet on the router table.


The rest of the cuts were done on the table saw. First I have to make the blade is set at an exact 45 degrees.


It took a bit few passes to sneak up on the fit for the joint. I was so involved I forgot to take any set up pictures. Here is the result.


I then glued the mitered rabbet as the first assembly step.




While the glue set up I worked on the door sides. After cutting them to length I clamped the door sides and box sides with some sacrificial blocks to cut the notches for the hinges.


Each set of notches required 2 passes. Here is the first pass:


And the second pass:


This view is of the start of the second pass on the second set of notches.


And done!


Once the glue in the mitered rabbet joint was set I added the sides.


That brings us to an assembled set of door blanks. Progress was a little slow with a good deal of fine cuts and fitting.
Nice write up. Thanks!

Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".