small coves and a splitter in a pinch
Bill Tindall, E.Tn.
It has not been a good day. It began with the need to trim out the bottom of the walnut dresser.
Step1 is to go to the box of molding parts. A few years ago I began storing a small piece of every custom molding I made. When I need something I go to the box and see if I already made something that will do. Unfortunately I only recently began labeling the molding with the cutter(s) used to create it.
Shown is the base frame that the dresser will sit on. Feet will be attached. I chose a small cove to transition from frame to case side. It is all traditional construction. What followed was 3 hours of trying to figure out how I made the cove, which is taller than it is deep. After exhausting exhaustingly obvious possibilities I found that I had made it with a table edge bit that combines a tall cove and a bead. Lunch of some pickled deer heart and guacamole with chips improved my disposition and I proceeded to quickly make what had eluded me all morning.
Now I needed to rip this frail cove. I have a multitooth very thin blade for the task. I don't have a splitter for this blade. Without a splitter these limber pieces get to vibrating and it messes up the cove face that must mate to the case. The solution is shown in the staged photo, staged for clarity (in reality the cove is ripped against the fence to ensure several pieces are the same width.)
I ripped a test piece and simply drove a cut nail where the kerf was located. Problem solved. All's well that ends, I say.