Cabinet for Tea Bag Holders #8: The Last Door Details

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 I have one more set of details to add to the door - a set of 3 circular recesses.
 
 First I make a template.


Then I add cleats to locate the doors vertically.


And add cleats to create a pocket and lock the position.


Then I remove the doors to make sure there is no glue on them.


And I add a strap across the back to keep everything in place.


Then I set up a guide collar on the router table.


Finally I can cut all three pockets. I made several passes to get to full depth.


Next I switch to the 1/16" roundover bit (with the bearing removed).


And I can then round over the edges of each pocket.


After all that I can remove the doors from the template. Success!


Except I declared victory declared too soon. If you look at the picture of the roundover bit you can see it is quite dirty. That's not dirt - it's oil. The next morning greeted me with this.


I swabbed the oily area with a cotton swab soaked in denatured alcohol. 7 applications seemed to clear it up.


My next step is to remove the ribs that have been on the outside of the top and doors.


Then I get out the 1/8" roundover bit and radius the edges. The bearing just fits.




Then I rounded over the top edge of the doors. Some hand shaping was required here.


The next morning had the oil stains show up again - but not as bad.


4 more applications of alcohol got it back to clean.


We'll see if I'm done with this cleanup. (Update: It took 2 more clean up sessions before I was done)

The last detail for the doors is a recess to add a small handle. I clamped the doors together.


And set up the router table with a bit and stops.


And cut the recess.


That's it for the doors. Next up is to work on the base and its details. 
A really fun project and really nice detail Steve.  Thanks for taking the time to write it up!
Thanks Ken! Luckily we are spending the week relaxing at an Airbnb. It's the first time I've able been to spend time getting this posted.
The detail work in this project is intense. Nice recovery on the oil cleanup, I never thought alcohol would cut the oil. 
So much detail!

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

Thanks! The alcohol only barely cut the oil. I'd guess I spent a couple hours dealing with a few seconds of poor judgement.