Raised panel door problem!

easterngray · Post by **easterngray** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 10:15 am

Hi guys - I have made the raised panel door jig as described in PTWWFE - It works like a charm. However, here's my problem... the doors I have to make are 28" in length - far too big for my table! If I try and run that length the jig will run right off of the rip fence. Any suggestions? I haven't sat down and figured this out yet - is there some way I can do one end and then the other and have them meet in the middle? My bevel is 15 degrees. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer with this. All the best - Alec

easterngray · Post by **easterngray** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 10:19 am

I just realized that I can merely move the door on the jig. In other words - go half way, stop, reposition the jig towards me on the door and then cut the other half - does that seem right? Alec

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 10:28 am

easterngray wrote:I just realized that I can merely move the door on the jig. In other words - go half way, stop, reposition the jig towards me on the door and then cut the other half - does that seem right? Alec

Yup, that might work.

I was just reading the PTWFE section on your jig and had this additional thought. You could make the fence itself (the vertical member) a bit longer than that portion that rides the rip fence. OR you could make the entire jig longer to gain the same effect.

Basically, the one in the PTWFE is designed to handle the task where the panel is not much longer than the fence.

Gene Howe · Post by **Gene Howe** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 10:44 am

I would make two panels with a mid rail.
Probably didn't want to hear that, though.

Gene

easterngray · Post by **easterngray** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 11:31 am

Thanks guys - I just tried it by moving the jig and it works great - I was able to make a test panel 40" long - however, it was only 3.75" wide - the actual panel will be about 23" wide. In that that is too wide to clamp to the jig I think I will drive a couple temporary screws through the jig into the back of the panel.
Gene - I tried to convice SWMBO that two narrow panels would be perfect but she is having none of it.

She insists that the doors must be one large panel. These will be for four small closet doors built into the knee walls of our second floor. I'll post some pictures when i get 'em done! Thanks again, God bless and Merry Christmas! Alec