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When I had the legs assembled, I used a plunge router with
a fence to cut the stopped grooves for the side and back pan-
els, then laid out and cut the mortises in the front legs for the
rails at the front of the carcase.
The side panel assembly is placed in the groove in the leg,
and the arched bottom rail is placed in its mortise. The two
pieces are then glued and butted together where they meet
before the second leg is put in place. With the left and right leg
and panel sides together, the entire carcase can be assembled.
With one side panel and leg asssembly face down on some
horses, I notched the corners of the web frames around the
legs, and held them in place with pocket screws. The back
frame was then put in the groove in the rear leg, followed by
the front rails in their mortises. The butt joints between the
rails and the front edge of the frames were glued and clamped
at this time, as were the joints between the web frames and
the back frame.
Putting the second leg and panel assembly on is straightfor-
ward, but there are a lot of parts that need to come precisely
together. I made a dry run, and then got some help to fi t it all
The side panels are assembled as a unit, then fi t in a groove in the leg, and
butted at the bottom to the thicker arched rail.The web frames are notched around the legs and attached to the side rails
with pocket screws. The front and back edges will be glued to the rails as
they are assembled.S ev e r al joint s mu s t b e fi t at one time as the second panel and leg assembly
is put in place. Get some help so both sides can be fi t and clamped at the
same time.The drawers and drawer fronts are fi t before fi nishing the cabinet. After
hanging the doors, I mark where the right door overlaps the left before
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