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Chapter 12 I Examples

You shou ld be able to make all sorts of different signs once yo u get
CorelD raw figured out. The next example is a prototype of the
doors that my friend Geoff wants to make for his kitchen and the
original reason w hy I started thinking abo ut buil din g a CNC
mac hine (see Figure 12. 2 7).

Figure 12.27
Prototype kitchen
cabinet door.

We used three files to make this door out of MDF cut to size. The
first file cleared out the lowered portion of the door by 118 inch
w ith overlapping passes of a I / z-inch bit. Using a box core bi t set
to cut 118 inch deep. the second file routed the lin es inside the
lowered portion to mi mic tongue and groove. A third file was used
to run the box core bit around the perimeter of the lowered po r-
tion and off th e board. w hi le set to cut 118 inch from the surface

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