Pathfinder instructions - The WoodRat

Haunched Tenons for Cupboard Doors
When making cupboard doors you can simply use the largest
tenon island, and run the cuts off both edges of the rail without
rounding either. Mark out the centre lines of your rail as described
earlier. Make the two cuts, trimming the shoulders, going clockwise
with the Pin down. Then raise the Bit by a gauged amount to make
the haunch. This means unlocking and raising the router itself
and lowering the Bit onto the gauging piece and locking it
again. Do not reset the depthing foot, just lift the router.
Raise the Pin and cut across to make the haunch on one end.
Cartwheel the Rail and tenon the other end. Make sure you haunch
the correct end of the tenon.
Marking out for making a box
This is a time-honoured method for keeping the parts of a
project in their proper places and being able to tell which part
is which when they are disassembled on the bench.
Place the pieces together in the position that they will occupy
in the project: the two drawer sides facing away from you, for
example, and the ends across them, as you might find them in
a chest of drawers.
Put them together and draw an arrow across the top edges.
The arrows point away from you.
You will then be able to see at a glance which is the top edge
and which the left side and which the right, and which is the
inside and which the outside of the box.
Later you will then be able to see which Side goes with which
End to make a corner. Understanding this, you will never need
to get lost again.
If you have two or more drawers, you can draw a second or
third line under the arrow, or on the right hand edge of the arrow
head. It’s simple but effective.
Making a box with continuous grain
Take a thick plank and re-saw it.
The trick is to turn the plank inside out so that the continuous
inside marking is on the outside. Mark up the parts as shown,
taking note of which is Side (the long pieces)) and which is
End (the shorter pieces). When rightly orientated, the arrows
will point away as shown earlier.
Mark up the boards with mitres the arrows give you the inside
and the upside of each piece the four pieces orientated as
they are in the project with the broken arrows still pointing
away from you: the two sides, collected together and marked
with arrows pointing away from you.
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Bit up
Pin up
safe
position
Bit down
Pin down
safe cutting
as pin follows
template
Bit up
Pin down:
dry run as
the pin
follows the
template
Bit down
Pin up
Watch out!
Pin not in
control
The two sides,
collected together
and marked with
arrows pointing
the four pieces
orientated as they
are in the project
with the broken
arrows still pointing
away from you
the arrows give
you the inside and
the upside of each
piece