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   BG | May 04, 2005 03:19am | #1

   Joe,
   I have some of those kind of shelf supports in some antique furniture. I'm not sure if I would just have fun on the bandsaw using a miter or make a jig for the table saw. The TS option would be more exacting buthte BS would be more fun.

    

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   cbsn | May 04, 2005 08:06am | #2

   Joe,

   I made some of these a few years ago after scratching my head about it for a while (I also have Barrett's book and was disappointed that with all the info there were no hints on making these supports)

   I ended up using 1x stock 2-3"wide. I made a indexing jig for the table saw to space the vertical cuts and then marked and cut the angles free hand on the bandsaw- then ripped the four pieces I needed to 1/2" thick.- it gives four pieces that have the notches in the same position. Seemed to work ok and is a great look for early 1900's bookcases

   Hope this helps-

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   jh17 | May 04, 2005 04:49pm | #3

   Thanks for the suggestion. I don't have a bandsaw yet, so I'll probably cut these notched shelf supports on the table saw. You're right, it would have been great of Niall Barrett to include some info in his book on how to cut these!

   Thanks, again.

   Joe

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   Len | May 04, 2005 06:14pm | #4

   Joe,

   With some careful layout you could use a jig saw. If you are feeling more ambitious a backsaw would do the trick.

   Enjoy.

   Hi, I'm Len and I'm a Toolaholic...