Book Case  3                                                5-2025

 

Working With Wood Continued

 

Here I'm sanding all the pieces with my DA sander using 150 grit paper. And I'm using my dust collection so I don't have to give every inch of my garage a good cleaning.
 

 

 

Next I'm ripping some solid oak trim pieces that are 1 1/2" wide.
 

 

 

I'll be gluing the trim pieces to the sides of the plywood and to help keep everything in alignment, I'll using my biscuit jointer.
 

 

 

This is how I would normally use this jointer, with the thickness/height plate. But with some of my pieces 1 1/2" wide, this piece won't work.
 

 

 

Remove two screws and the thickness/height plate comes off. Now I can use my jointer on those wider pieces.
 

 

 

I used five biscuits on each board to align my trim pieces.
 

 

 

Removing the plate on the jointer worked out great.
 

 

 

Then I glued and clamped the trim piece in place.
 

 

 

To make sure the trim piece on the top and bottom were in the correct position, I had to use my jack system once again.
 

 

 

And here is the trim piece in place. Now I have to do more sanding to blend it in.
 

 

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