How to make this joint better and with what tool?
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Hello all, I am in the middle of restoring an apple cider press and struggled to make this joint perfect, its a compound angle and when I cut the rabbet with the 78 Stanley it makes a 90 degree edge. Is there another tool out there that would cut the rabbet but with not with a 90 degree edge more like a 60 degree could someone let me know. Thank you in advance.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.This is the joint after the glue has dried and been planed and sanded.
Its not bad, but not perfect either, you can see if I could cut the rabbet at an angle, I could get it really nice.[attachment file=”20150215_125146.jpg”]
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You must be logged in to view attached files.17 February 2015 at 7:28 pm #124765Could you make an angled piece of wood as an auxiliary fence for your rabbet plane that would tilt the plane over to the required angle?
17 February 2015 at 9:28 pm #124780Am I the only one who does not understand he problem? This joint should be acheivable with a 90deg board end meeting a 90deg rebate.
Matt
17 February 2015 at 9:44 pm #124783There are several ways you can cut this if you remember when I built that triangular shelf well I just finished building another for a order. I had to make an angle of 27.5° in the middle of the board to accept the shelf. So let me get to it as I know your anxious to finish this.
Like I said you have several ways:
If you have a table saw you set the angle of the blade to your desired angle and then chisel or router the bottom. That’s the easiest way for you to do this if you do not have a table saw then you can use a hand saw I would suggest in this case to make a fence which has your desired angle on it and turn it upside down so the angle is facing away from you, clamp it down and slowly start sawing away.
Lastly you can chisel away the angle and then finish off the bottom with a router plane. Practise on some scrap before attempting any of this as getting the angle right is the most hardest.
I think the problem is that all 4 sides splay outwards, i.e. none is vertical, so there are no 90 degree meeting planes.
Would it be possible to leave the rabbet/rebate alone, and then fit the end pieces to the rebates? This would involve planing a flat on the inner edge of the end piece so that it mated with the whole depth of the rebate, which would need to extend less far into the side.
It would not be necessary to cut that reveal in the sides then either.
Hard to explain, sorry, but the idea is to work on the non-rebated piece.Suggestion.
Call the board on the left in your pic A, the other B. Pencil mark from inside of A to inside of B. Measure gap between A and B and use marking gauge to transfer to the inside end grain of B. Plane off the marked region of B to give a gentle chamfer. The joint should now fit with no gap, but B has moved a bit. The two end pieces B were probably pushed too wide originally, and the dimensions will now be as intended, but if not, you may have to re-cut the rebate.
regards,
Geoff
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