voiceover: the wood whisperer is sponsored by powermatic, the gold standard since 1921. and clear vue cyclones. clear the air and breathe easy. (upbeat jazz music) marc: now it's timeto work on the headboard. the raised panel will be made from 2 beautiful, 4 quarter, wenge boards.
after milling, the boardsare glued together, smoothed with a number 80 cabinet scraper, and sanded with the drum sander. to create the raised panel profile, i'm gonna remove the back cutter from a standard raised panel bit and route the profile at the router table. that's a big bite to take in 1 shot so i work my way to the final profile
over the course of several passes. the profile is then sanded thoroughly. now for the headboard frame. the long headboardpieces are cut to length using the cross cut sled. i showed you the details of this set up in episode 190, frankensled. the shorter vertical headboard pieces are also cut at the table saw.
the lower half of the headboard frame is assembled using dominoes, specifically these big14 millimeter dominoes made using the domino xl. the small, middle support leg gets the same joinery. a little glue on each joint, a little help from a dead blow hammer, and the lower frame is assembled.
the upper frame pieces need a groove for the wenge panel. the stopped grooves are cut with a router. and the through grooves are cut with the dado stack at the table saw. like the lower frame, the top frame is heldtogether with dominoes. before final assembly, i'm inserting scrape pieces of foam
that will prevent the panel from rattling while also allowing for expansion. assembly involves droppingthe wenge panel in place and then adding the side pieces. i use some long clamps tobring everything together. a little bit of squeezeout is always a good thing. and the piece is left to dry overnight. before assembling thetop and bottom halves of the headboard, weneed to cut the mortises
which go on both of the outside legs. man:so it took a totalof 4 passes but we got it so all i need to do issquare this up with a chisel but while i'm in router mode, i'm gonna go to the foot board. then we'll chisel everything when it's all said and done. voiceover:now with my tracksaw set to 10 degrees, i'm cutting the long bevel on both
the bottom headboard piece and the top headboard piece. a 10 degree bevel on both pieces yields a 20 degree back slant overall. i need all the alignmenthelp that i can get so once again, i use dominoes. this is one of the trickiest glue ups i've ever done. but with the aid ofangled, clamping [calls],
glued to the wood surface with ca glue, i can effectively pullthe pieces together. because i need some extra working time, i'm using epoxy as the primary adhesive. man:alright. well, i feel a little bit better now that this part is over. voiceover:the next day, the blocks are removed with a hammer
and because the 2 x 4material used for the [calls] is much softer than the bubinga, the bubinga is unharmed. the excess glue is scraped off and then sanded away. while the headboard is on the bench, i give the entire thing a nice sanding before calling it done. voiceover:next time on the wood whisperer.