30 ■ POPULAR WOODWORKING
Hidden Door Bookcase
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by making a squared router jig the
width of the sides plus^1 / 16 " to allow
easy sliding of the material. I add
a hold down clamp to the out-feed
side of the jig and use a wedge to
shim between the jig and work for
extra stability. I plow my dadoes^3 / 8 "
deep in one pass using my router.
Make your fi rst dado in a piece of
scrap so that you will have a referenc-
ing mark on both sides of the work.
I fi nd that if you do not plow all the
way through the jig on the outside
of the cut, your dust collection will
work substantially better as this
creates a dam of sorts to prevent the
debris from fl ying all over the room.9 Dadoed shelves give the case
rigidity. I cut the dadoes with a
router and simple dado jig.
10 The dado jig is just two sets of
fences, sized to fi t my router base
that fi t over the 7" wide bookcase
sides.
11 The face frame is attached to
the case with pocket hole joinery
(pockets on the exterior of the case).11