Miter Joints - Page 6 of 9

I recently needed to make a large coopered oak column that was 12 in. dia. by 4 ft. long. Because these dimensions exceeded the capacity of my lathe, I devised…

For cutting 45¡ miters on my tablesaw, I use a crosscut sled equipped with a common plastic speed square. To build the sled, attach a runner to the underside of…

While making a round sunburst mirror frame consisting of 16 segments, I had to miter both sides of each segment at precisely 11-1/4¡ on my tablesaw to get a gap-free…

Anyone who has attempted to make picture frames with a radialarm saw knows how difficult and frustrating it is to set the arm to a perfect 45¡ angle. I developed…

I'd like to thank Ken Wall, whose single-sided vertical miter jig (Fine Woodworking #80, p. 16) inspired this double-sided version. The two-sided jig is even better because its accuracy is…

I've found that expensive slot-cutting machines aren't really needed for plate joinery. A 5/32-in.-wide, three-wing slot cutter mounted in a router table works well. To use the router for edge-to-edge…

One of the reasons I purchased a motorized miter box saw was so I could cut 45¡ miters for picture frames. Lacking an extension table or fence to which I…

When making small boxes with mitered corners, I find it very time-consuming to set the tablesaw to the required dead-accurate 45¡ cut. Hence, I made this little jig, and with…

When I needed to miter a few dozen 1/8-in.-thick cock beads, I first tried a chop box, but found it produced severe chipping behind the cut. So I built the…

The tablesaw jig in the drawing above has helped me to cut accurate miters for 25 years. To make it cut two table-length rails from well-seasoned oak or hickory and…