Door day!

Today was mill door parts day. I have to mill the drawer parts separately another day as my client and I have not decided on the number of drawers in each cabinet. I noticed my dado set is starting to get a wee bit dull while running the grooves in the stiles and rails because I could just see the odd grain tear on the groove edge. Next I have to cut all stiles and rails to finished length. I find it best to take your time through this process, check your numbers, and keep work organized.

The sled I use for cross-cutting. Basic but square!

Next are the tenons. Usually I use my sled to cut the tenons, but this time I am using my sled only to cut the chief cuts and my new tenoning jig to make the shoulder cuts. The jig took about 20 minutes to set up out the box and about another 15 or 20 minutes to get the cut just right. Once I had the tenoning jig set up it was one of those instant "why have I waited so long to buy this?"  Very slick and easy to use.

Tenons all cut in time for dinner.......