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Cutting and Framing the Wood The frames and wood are cut and the frame is glued together. From "Freeform Furniture" episode DFFF-112

Host Amy Devers explains her design for the mobile entertainment unit and then begins the project by cutting and framing the wood, using the biscuit joiner to make slots and gluing the entire frame together.

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	Host Amy Devers cut and frames the wood...
	for the mobile entertainment unit.

Materials:

African mahogany
stainless steel sheet
ear protection
safety glasses
tape measure
forstner bit
biscuits--two different sizes
ruler
pencil
clamps
combination square
foaming glue
glue brush
band clamps
damp cloth
vinyl gloves
tung oil
plastic cup
respirator
lint free cloth
400-grit sandpaper
VHB tape
2 heavy duty square tubes
cauls
2 square rods
wallpaper
multi-purpose spray adhesive
wood panels
plastic wallpaper smoothing tool
stainless steel truss head screws
ball casters
small screws

Tools:

water jet cutter
table saw
planer
drill press
biscuit joiner
hand sander
utility knife
screw gun
drill

Cutting and Framing the Wood

1. First, cut the lumber into narrow lengths on the table saw (figure A). Cut the pieces a little oversized.

2. Mill the saw marks using the planer. The planer's main purpose is to mill wood to a uniform thickness. The machine pulls the board through and the surface is planed off by a cutting head with three long blades.

3. With the bed set to the proper height, pass all the pieces through the planer one at a time (figure B).

4. Readjust the bed and plane the other side of the frame pieces removing the saw marks and at the same time milling the wood to the finished thickness.

Figure A

Figure B

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