Bill Huber
09-02-2013, 12:17 PM
I made a recipe box for my wife and now my 2 daughters want one and 2 friends want them so now I have 4 to make. They are a small project but it is a fun little project.
So here is the question:
I build the box and have it all glued up, the top and bottom are added later. Now I set the table saw to 45 degrees and make the cut for the top, I am using a full kerf blade. I now have a full 1/8" 45 degree cut in the front of the box to start cutting off the top.
I now take it to the router table with a 1/8" bit, place the box over the bit at the point the 45 degree cut stops. Set the fence and a stop at that point. I make my cut with the 1/8" bit until it is just not all the way though on the one side and the back.
I now have to move the stop so I can do the other side of the box, I have to start with the bit at the end of the 45 degree cut so I will be moving in the correct direction for the bit, I don't like making clime cuts.
This works but it takes time and you have to get the fence and stops set spot on or you can get a mismatch on the top removal.
Is there a better idea on doing this, should I be looking at a completely different way to make the whole thing?
Here is the way it looks and the way it is cut.
270034 270035
So here is the question:
I build the box and have it all glued up, the top and bottom are added later. Now I set the table saw to 45 degrees and make the cut for the top, I am using a full kerf blade. I now have a full 1/8" 45 degree cut in the front of the box to start cutting off the top.
I now take it to the router table with a 1/8" bit, place the box over the bit at the point the 45 degree cut stops. Set the fence and a stop at that point. I make my cut with the 1/8" bit until it is just not all the way though on the one side and the back.
I now have to move the stop so I can do the other side of the box, I have to start with the bit at the end of the 45 degree cut so I will be moving in the correct direction for the bit, I don't like making clime cuts.
This works but it takes time and you have to get the fence and stops set spot on or you can get a mismatch on the top removal.
Is there a better idea on doing this, should I be looking at a completely different way to make the whole thing?
Here is the way it looks and the way it is cut.
270034 270035