[Michael]

For door and drawer fronts, the shaper allowance adds the appropriate amount to the long edge or sticking cut but it doesn’t add anything to the ends or cope cut. Is that by design?

I realize I can simply add that to the Door & Drawer Oversizing parameter. I’m more curious why the cope cut is not included in the Shaper Allowance.

[chiefwoodworker]

Hi,

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[jwar]

I am curious as to the outcome of this question a I will be using a shaper to make doors and raised panels.

[cabwriter]

Hi There,

Unfortunately, there are no plans in the short term to add a shaper allowance for the ends of the rails, but we’ll add it to the list for consideration. In the meantime, I’ll let you know how I do it.

I understand the reason for extra material; it’s to insure that the cutter takes a full depth cut and leaving extra material insures that. Leaving extra on the rails was always harder for me because if you leave, say and extra 1/16″, you have to set it up to take exactly an extra 1/16″ off the end to ensure the rail ends up the right length. Instead, I used a trick to line the fence up exactly such that the cutter takes a full depth cut, but doesn’t change the length of the rail. Take a look at this video starting around 3:30 to see how I did it. This is one of my training videos for when I ran a cabinetmaking school. Let me know if you have any other questions about the process.

Thanks,
Greg

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