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Hi Folks, After 36 years in the IT industry, I have retired (almost) and taken up the craft of making quality furniture and have set up this site to chronicle and share my experiences.

0.2 Frame Assembly

After laying out the position of the mortises on each of the frame corners and the single rear stile, the mortises were cut using my mortising machine. 
I made 1/2″ mortises and allowed for a 1/4″ inset for the side and rear panels.  The front bottom rail and the top face frame mortise were cut so the face will be flush with the frame corners.
Once the mortises were cut, I proceeded to cut the tenons on all the rails using my table saw and a tenon cutting  jig.  Once the tenons were cut, I then went to the band saw to cut the tenon shoulders – note: for the top rails, I made the top shoulders 3/4″ and 1/2″ on the bottom.
Mortise & Tenon

Mortise & Tenon Joinery

 Once all the tenons were cut, I used my chisel as required to fit each tenon into each mortise – note I labeled each mortise and tenon so that once fit, I could easily match each rail to fit in its proper mortise since the frame will be disassambled several times for fitting the panels, routing and the sanding steps to follow.

The pic below shows the rear frame being fitted and dry assembled.  Note, I designed this to have 2 panels, since one single panel would be too wide and invite greater fluctuations in width with changes in humidity and temperature.

Back Frame Assembly

Frame Assembly

Rails & Stiles

Back Frame - Rails & Stiles

 In the photo above, you can see the back frame fitted and the rails for the side panels (top and bottom).  In the photo below, you can see the side rails fitted with the front and back corners of the frame.  Now the final measurements for the panels can be taken.

Back Frame

Posted on April 10th, 2010 by Carl
Filed under: Mission Bookcase, Projects

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