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after pieces are
6!/4"
TOP
glued together
mortises were being cut. Plus,
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I wanted to use the same fence
Body
8"
setting as the groove setup so
Body
the mortises would align with 11"
the grooves. This push block
does the trick. Its body matches
the stile s thickness (3/ "), and
4
5"
Arm
the hardboard arm extends
1#/4"
!/4" hard-
12#/4"
{ This push block lets you past the front of the body to pre- board arm
cut the mortises without vent the piece from tipping as
having to reset the fence. it s pushed across the blade.
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Bridle Joint
1
This display cabinet has a.
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door frames with grooves
!/4"
Door frame
on their inside edges to
Groove
piece
for panel
hold a panel. As you can see
{ Unlike a traditional
in the upper photo at right,
NOTE:
mortise and tenon, a bridle
a bridle joint (or open mor-
To center groove,
joint can be cut completely on
workpiece is flipped
tise and tenon) is a good
between passes
the table saw.
choice for this type of
frame. It s plenty strong to
hold a glass panel, and the
2
whole process can be done a.
on the table saw. All you !/4"
Door
need is the simple bridle jig
Stile
stile
Bridle
(see page 8). Be sure to
jig
1#/8"
build the jig before you get
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started on the joint.
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for setting
GROOVE. The first step to
blade height
building the frames is to
make a centered groove on
each piece, as in Fig. 1.
NOTE: Sneak
Cut tenon to
Technically, this isn t part
up on thickness
3
fit mortise
of tenon
of the joint, but you ll use a.
Width of
stiles
this same fence setting to
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cut the mortise next. Aux.
fence
Size tenon
Dado
To cut the groove, I
to fit
blade
made a couple passes over
mortise
Rail
a regular blade. Flipping { To set the blade
the pieces between passes at the right height
automatically centers the for the mortise of
groove. And you ll want to the bridle joint,
sneak up on the position of the grooves. But you will the same two-step process Fig. 3, I laid the rails down raise it until it
the fence until the grooves need to raise the blade to you used when cutting the for this step, making mul- aligns with the
are 1/ " wide. set the depth of the mor- grooves. Only this time, the tiple passes over a dado groove in one of
4
MORTISE. Now you can cut tises, as indicated in the workpieces will be cut blade. Set the fence so the the rail pieces.
the mortises in the stile lower margin photo. This standing on end (supported tenon matches the width of
pieces, as in Fig. 2. You way, the mortise s depth by the jig). the stiles. Then sneak up
don t want to change the will automatically match TENON. All that s left now on the height of the blade
fence for this step. The the width of the tenon. is to cut a tenon to fit the until the tenon fits snug in
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mortises should align with Cutting the mortises is mortise. As you can see in the mortise.
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