I saw someone else asked a sanding question and it made me think of the project I’m doing now. I’m making some cherry framed doors with Ambrosia maple panels. I have all the panels sanded and the joinery cut on the rails and styles. I’m wondering what I should do on the grooved side of the rails and styles. Should I sand them prior to putting the doors together? If so, how do you keep the area where the joinery comes together flat and tight? If I wait, the panels won’t leave much room for sanding the exposed inside edge of the rails and styles. How do you handle this?
Dave
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Dave,
I usually just take a light pass with a smoothing plane to remove the machine marks. Start and stop just short of the mortises on the stiles. Then all it takes is a little lick with the fine paper prior to putting together. Normally I'm only doing this on the back side of the groove for the panel, as I generally work a quarter round with a small fillet on the show side of the frame.
Regards,
Ray
DaveG ,
It sounds like you are making these frames with a square edge detail as opposed to a shaper beaded detail. Either way I personally do sand the stiles and rails and door parts before assembly.You can put a light pencil mark to tell where to stop sanding near the joint areas. I try and remove any machine marks or chip out and any chatter marks , it is a difficult spot to clean up after glue up .
dusty
When I've got a lot of frames to glue up I make a little stopper that holds the piece to be sanded and at the same time covers the portion you don't want to touch. For example, if your frames are 3" wide, the stop should have a 3" overhang that won't let you accidentally sand where the joint will come together. Just knock something together from plywood scrap. It's much faster than marking pencil lines and it's foolproof.
DR
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