Kenneth Walton
01-05-2016, 11:07 AM
Hi guys,
I'm going to be building a set of chairs soon. I've built a Morris chair and a sculpted rocker, and was able to work around the various angles. These chairs are going to be standard dining chairs, with about a 5 degree slant backwards and a few degrees from front to back in width.
I'd like to use my domino for the joinery. I can work out how to make all the parts and various angles. My issue is locating the mortises on the angled ends to have the appropriate setback.
When I made a coopered seat, I used dominos for alignment. The problem was when you change the angle of the fence, you change the distance from the fence to the center of the mortise. This screwed up the up-down position of the mortise slightly, and made the edges not line up the way I thought they would.
Anyone have any tips or tricks for angled mortises with the domino? Or helpful hints for building chairs with the domino before I destroy too much walnut? Thanks!
Ken
I'm going to be building a set of chairs soon. I've built a Morris chair and a sculpted rocker, and was able to work around the various angles. These chairs are going to be standard dining chairs, with about a 5 degree slant backwards and a few degrees from front to back in width.
I'd like to use my domino for the joinery. I can work out how to make all the parts and various angles. My issue is locating the mortises on the angled ends to have the appropriate setback.
When I made a coopered seat, I used dominos for alignment. The problem was when you change the angle of the fence, you change the distance from the fence to the center of the mortise. This screwed up the up-down position of the mortise slightly, and made the edges not line up the way I thought they would.
Anyone have any tips or tricks for angled mortises with the domino? Or helpful hints for building chairs with the domino before I destroy too much walnut? Thanks!
Ken