Hey Guys,
I’m making some table legs using 4 outside pieces with 45 degree bevels around a core.
As I was assembling the first leg, I realized that my saw cut a perfect 45 on one side and a “nearly perfect” 45 on the other. There’s a tiny ridge on the nearly perfect side. It’s like the blade missed that 1/32 on the bottom of the board.
Since I have a right tilt saw, my guess is that the pointy end of the 45 slid just slightly under the fence.
Anyway, I tried everything to get the saw to stop doing this, but with no luck.
I’m considering the jointer to true up the edge. (I have a digital angle gauge for setting the fence.) Otherwise, sanding results in a reasonable looking finished product, but I want the pieces to fit together correctly from the start.
Any thoughts on this one?
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How about a hand plane to clean up that ridge?
Paul
Have you tried an auxillary fence for your table saw?
Chris @ flairwoodworks
An article in the April 2007 FWW (#190) has the answer for you. The article is by David Hyatt, and is titled "The Miter Joint for Casework."
If you set a piece of say 1/4" down on the saw table , it will prevent the sharp edge from going under the fence .
I would also think a block plane will quickly clean up the ridge .
dusty
if the ridge is tiny use a card scraper to remove it. If you are not familiar with scraping,a paint scraper will do fine.
mike
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