Apologies in advance for opening a new thread when this topic has very likely been well discussed over the years.
I’m going to try my hand at incorporating two doors and four drawer fronts into a cottage kitchenette built-in cabinet set. The style will be Shaker. In the past I’ve always improvised a setup with a dado set for tenons and a plunge router and jig for mortises. It’s worked well enough for structural frames, but these won’t be load bearing, so…
This time I’d like to go with a rail and stile (cope and stick) router bit set to get clean, spare lines and that little indent reveal along the top edge. I’ll use 3/4” hard white maple with 1/2” pre-finished maple ply for the panels.
I’m not wild about buying a commercial coping sled. I’d prefer to make one that’s simple, stout, and safe (of course), with repeatable results.
After a bit of YouTubing, I’m leaning toward this one by MWA Workshops on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/QoybZ9A485Y?si=hYaU8M0QbMt9y_ju
Before I forge ahead with it, I’m looking for ideas from cabinet makers here. What shopmade coping sled design do you recommend?