Always like to try something new out. Too mcuh of the same old, same old gets stale
Sooo, I took a couple pieces of 1 x 4x 24" Poplar and cut one down to 12", the other into 6" lengths. Laid out some lines, like always...
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Set to the thickness of the boards. Marked out a few "fingers' on one face and the end grain. No plan was made for the other face....
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This time around, I was cutting...mitres..
Well...almost.
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Version #1.....Something will get changed here, though. I mis-cut the matching half
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Soo, back to the drawing board..and Pizza!
Came back down, and chopped a bit more, sawed a bit, chiseled a bit, then a test fit..
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It is supposed to look like a mitre joint, right? Even on the inside?
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Until you look at all them squiggles going on.....and then "open" this joint up.....
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Instead of dovetails and pins...I have fingers. BTW: First time I have ever tried this sort of thing....not too bad, for a rookie?
One done, three to go. Stay tuned....