I thought I would share a project I have been working on. I am not suggesting making door parts on the CNC is faster than using a shaper. Truthfully, I know it is slower, but I do not have space for multiple shapers in my shop and I got this idea and gave it a try. Below are a few pictures of the jig and a sample door I tested last night. I can make four door frame parts in a single run for typical cabinet size doors or two per run for tall doors. I still need to calibrate one or two of the hold downs (two parts 30thou out), but all in all it seems to work well. It was very nerve racking to try this for the first few times since there is very little clearance when the cutter is operating. The jig has four low profile air cylinders that have a 3/8" stroke length. Each cylinder produces 200lb of hold down force when engaged. The end cylinder locations will be fixed, but the two middle jigs can move wherever I need for doors of different dimensions.
I also finished my new vacuum table and pump. I built a pump along the lines of Gary's described at another site. It works well so far, so thanks to Gary. Bank rolling the complete black box was not quite in order right now, but all the parts came from that supplier. I made the t-track for my table so I could use machinist type t slot nuts. The tracks turned out very well, but it was quite a bit of work.
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