So as a test to see whether my woodworking skills have improved over a two year period I've been giving a second go to the classic Herman Miller Nelson Bench and so far the top has turned out great but I'm now onto the base which is made up of a bunch of angles. There are a few versions of the base out there on the internet but I'm currently going off of the base as described in this blog post: https://www.popularwoodworking.com/w...latform-bench/
As you can see the base inner angles are describe as being 82 degrees and 98 degrees for the top and bottom angles. My question is if given this angle can the two actual miters be any combination of angles that together equals either 82 or 98 degrees? So for instance for the top longer base piece I can do 41 degrees and another 41 degrees for the vertical support piece. Will that work? I'm going to experiment in sketchup tonight to see if this adds up but just wondering if anyone had any tips on dealing with miters that do not add up to 90 degrees. For some reason this makes my head explode. Thanks!