Originally Posted by
Jim Gallo
Guys,
The reason I'm hung up on the cope term is because my rails and stiles do (or will) have a profile on them. I am using a Freud Frame & Panel Ogee Bit Set, that comes with 3 bits. The rail coping bit, the stile(grooving) bit, and the panel raising bit. This set makes a beautiful profile on frame and panels. I have made about 5 doors using this set and I really like the way they look. I don't have a shaper, but I use my router in the table. It takes no skill to cope the rails. I just run the rails iver my router table and the bit cuts the cope cut, which fits perfectly into the profile on the stiles. And the panel raising bit complements the profile on the rails and stiles. My roadblock is figuring out how to make this look right with more than one frame and panel, incorporated into a box.
Oh - got it. You should be fine with that set of bits.
The vertical parts should be easy - you just profile both sides, and then cope the ends.
Maybe you are wondering about where the end panels meet the leg? [a la my design]? If so, sure seems to me that you just run your profile on both sides of one spare piece, then rip the profiles off the edges to create moldings that you put in place with pins [glue too or instead, of you prefer].
I might be missing something?
When I started woodworking, I didn't know squat. I have progressed in 30 years - now I do know squat.