Andy Sowers
08-10-2009, 1:50 PM
I'm working on the wood-geared clock I spoke previously of... specifically, the frame which holds all the gears and what-not.
Ran into a detail on the plans which I'm considering modifying. The plans call for butt-joints for the angled pieces (shaded in blue below):
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What I'm thinking is to use half-lap joinery instead. But there inlies the difficulty. I would need to precisely cut these pieces to exactly match the curve along the top cross member and again along the bottom to match the vertical frame. But then I'd also need to exactly mill the backs of the frame to recieve these support structures...
If it these were meeting at right angles, i think I could do it no problem, but handling the curves and the arbitary angle at the bottom is throwing me for a bit of a loop...
Suggestions on how to cut this? Should I be using a different joint?
Thanks in advance...
Andy
Ran into a detail on the plans which I'm considering modifying. The plans call for butt-joints for the angled pieces (shaded in blue below):
125034125035
What I'm thinking is to use half-lap joinery instead. But there inlies the difficulty. I would need to precisely cut these pieces to exactly match the curve along the top cross member and again along the bottom to match the vertical frame. But then I'd also need to exactly mill the backs of the frame to recieve these support structures...
If it these were meeting at right angles, i think I could do it no problem, but handling the curves and the arbitary angle at the bottom is throwing me for a bit of a loop...
Suggestions on how to cut this? Should I be using a different joint?
Thanks in advance...
Andy