planing, then adding rails

well i have been planing the past few days. the goal is to taper the underside of each rail about 1/4 inch over a span of about 38 inches from each end. 

when i first used it, my planer was a disaster. 

after i watched a few youtube videos on how to set it up properly, the planer worked a lot better. 

here is O helping out

i clamped the rails together so that each (inner) rail would have a similar taper. 

you can see a slight taper here moving from right to left. 

the planer worked quite well once i got it squared up. 

once i finished the taper, i started attaching the rails. this was tedious but easier than i thought. 

you can appreciate the taper some here

the screws split my mahogany!  

its ok....  these screws are coming out and ill just glue them back together (hopefully). 

used 48 clamps!!!

tomorrow....the outer rails!