Making the Doors-Part I

I started on the doors with the lower rails. As before I start with thicknessing the stock to 1.820" using my dial caliper. Next I bevel the back edge at about 7 degrees. The groove where the door panel fits is milled at the same angle.This groove ,however, is not parallel to either side, so I attached an auxillary fence to the stock and used that to mill the groove. This technique is useful anytime you can't use a side of the stock for placing a groove. Next lay out and drill the drain holes. Finish by laying out the joinery for the hinge and latching rails which is a mortise and tenon type of joint. Remember the old addage" Measure twice ,cut once", this mistake cost me about five hours to make up.