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Applied edge trimming jig.

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Applied edge trimming jig.

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Applied edge trimming jig.

Virgil Johnson

I started building a new cabinet for our laundry room from cherry veneer and birch veneer plywood. On several panels I glued a 1/4" strip of cherry to hide the plywood core and match the cherry face frame. I think this is more durable than iron on veneer. I needed a method to trim the overhang down flush easily since I am going to build a few more cabinets after this one. Yeah I could do this with a plane while listening to the birds sing and fine tuning my...yawn..This project is far removed from fine furniture and I'm in hurry.

I built a jig for my router that makes quick work of knocking the 1/16 material down to within .005" or so of the veneer face. I milled the strips to 13/16 (ply is about .700) and I can glue them on fast and not have to fuss with getting them exactly flush. Did I mention I was in a hurry?



The jig is made from scrap 1/4 hardboard and pine. Glued assembly. ( I was in a rush here as well) The groove between the pine and hardboard is for the 1/4 strip to clear before being trimmed. The bit sits about .005 above the hardboard that forms the base.


I used a 3/8 straight flute bit. The cut was very smooth with no tear out. I took off the bulk of the raised edge with a card scraper before finish sanding with 320.


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John Jardin

Very nicely done Virgil

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Barry Irby

I like it. Clever. I have seen attachments for routers to allow you to do this. A "Base" hanging below the base of the router and at 90* so the shaft of the router would be horizontal while in operation. Did not like them because they seemed awkward. You would have to carefully support the weight of the router and not allow it to tip or sag. If the router sagged it would dig into the work and I think the strip would be much more likely to tear out or splinter along the grain.

I have set up a somewhat similar operation to cut off chair legs. With the router in the router table, in my case, the wing of my TS, raise the bit the thickness of a credit card. Place the credit card (room key card) with a semicircle or notch in the side so that about a quarter of the bit is exposed and stick it in place with double stick tape. With the chair or stool sitting on the table not the longer legs. Slide one of them past the router bit and then onto the plastic card. With a little care you can take off the thickness of the card. Then you can do the other longer leg if necessary. ( I call this a vertical jointer) Works better than it seems and leaves you with a leg cut off parallel to the floor. (I know the hand tool guys just had a heart attack and are madly searching for the red ink for their quill pens to tell me I am wrong.)

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Virgil Johnson

Works on iron on banding as well. I thought the adhesive might gum up on the bit but it was not an issue. The cut was made in the direction that pushed the banding against the plywood

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