Woodwork Wizard
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Piece of MDF, 3 bench dogs and a few minutes to make this very accurate stop for cutting multiple rebates in cabinet sides.
3 bench dogs in MFT, piece of 610mm wide MDF butted up to dogs, rout a dado. Then cut to size referencing off dado. (photo 1)
This piece then gets placed between bench dogs and guide rail to make repeatable rebates.
(photo 2)
Router parallel guide bars are set with a gauge block. It's a piece of MDF that fits between parallel guide and router base - this will always set my router exactly 10mm from the guide rail. (photo 3)
Router depth is set by plunging router in to kerf indicator on the hardwood fence. (photo 4)
Now there is no measuring involved in setting up the router as everything is straightforward to set. I only have to mark one of the cabinet sides for any internal shelves and set the flag stops for multiple pieces. The MDF also acts as something to rest the router levelling foot on when cutting rebates and holds smaller pieces securely.
3 bench dogs in MFT, piece of 610mm wide MDF butted up to dogs, rout a dado. Then cut to size referencing off dado. (photo 1)
This piece then gets placed between bench dogs and guide rail to make repeatable rebates.
(photo 2)
Router parallel guide bars are set with a gauge block. It's a piece of MDF that fits between parallel guide and router base - this will always set my router exactly 10mm from the guide rail. (photo 3)
Router depth is set by plunging router in to kerf indicator on the hardwood fence. (photo 4)
Now there is no measuring involved in setting up the router as everything is straightforward to set. I only have to mark one of the cabinet sides for any internal shelves and set the flag stops for multiple pieces. The MDF also acts as something to rest the router levelling foot on when cutting rebates and holds smaller pieces securely.
