Jimmy Williams
03-20-2009, 2:51 PM
I posted a grain question several weeks back concerning this same project http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?p=1026631#poststop
and received some great advice so I thought I would give you guys another opportunity to help out. FWIW - I decided to go with the diagonal grain direction on the pieces.
Now I am working on the base of the saber display. The top piece is 6" wide and 42" long. Each side of the top has a 20* bevel cut that goes from the outside of the stand towards the inside (if that makes sense). Check out the first picture if not. The side pieces also have a 20* cut in them as well so that they sit at a 40* angle from the top (also in the first picture).
I am now trying to cut the end pieces (second picture marked with the arrow). I have cut the same 20* angle along the top edge but, for the life of me, can't figure out how to cut the compound angles where the end pieces meet up with the side pieces. I've tried all of the compound angle calculator's out there and each one gives me a different angle to try. I'm now starting to run out of material to try the different angle setups on.
Surely there is an easier way to figure what this angle setup is? What am I missing?
and received some great advice so I thought I would give you guys another opportunity to help out. FWIW - I decided to go with the diagonal grain direction on the pieces.
Now I am working on the base of the saber display. The top piece is 6" wide and 42" long. Each side of the top has a 20* bevel cut that goes from the outside of the stand towards the inside (if that makes sense). Check out the first picture if not. The side pieces also have a 20* cut in them as well so that they sit at a 40* angle from the top (also in the first picture).
I am now trying to cut the end pieces (second picture marked with the arrow). I have cut the same 20* angle along the top edge but, for the life of me, can't figure out how to cut the compound angles where the end pieces meet up with the side pieces. I've tried all of the compound angle calculator's out there and each one gives me a different angle to try. I'm now starting to run out of material to try the different angle setups on.
Surely there is an easier way to figure what this angle setup is? What am I missing?