Posted: 9/21/2025 1:05:41 AM EDT
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Attached File Solid walnut top with a roman ogee edge, solid oak sides, walnut trim at the bottom. I need a better radial arm saw. Those miter joints had to be cleaned up alot. Had to come up with a 3d printed fixture to clean them up on the sander. Attached File Attached File |
Never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be. - Adm James Stockdale
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Originally Posted By SpankMonkey: Very slick OP. That was a helpful jig. A quality track saw is affective at doing large miters. Thanks, yeah I'd love to have one. If nothing else, to make cutting down sheet goods easier. There is some joinery stuff that a radial arm saw is great for. I really want to try some of those radial arm saw "castle joints" I see on youtube. |
Never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be. - Adm James Stockdale
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I find that getting a decent 45 on woodworking tools is very difficult. I suspect alot of it is me as I'm used to working with metal working stuff and expect near perfect cuts. I can cut miters so that when assembled and I check the miter accuracy with a 18" precession square there is always a couple of thousands of gap on either side of the miter. Hard to get that out. Always some variances and no constancy on the cuts. I think saw blade wobbles, cutting into or out of the miter makes a difference and wood species makes a big difference. Soft woods like walnut work better than hard stuff like Oak. I usually cut them on my table saw, I have a fixture that is a large framing square that I milled to as close to a perfect 90 as I could with my equipment. That or tilting the saw blade at 45 depending if I'm doing miters like OP shows or one like you'd do on a picture frame. Often times I tweek my miters on a mini mill that I have. That gives the best miters. But its limited size wise. |
