Birdhunter
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I make jewelry boxes as presents and mostly out of beautiful exotic woods.
This box had mitered corners joined with splines. When I cut the miter on the first side, my square showed the edge wasn’t square. I checked my saw and my miter gauge...... both perfect. I cut a test miter on some scrap...... perfect.
Turns out the sides of the box were not parallel. Somehow, the long board from which I had cut the 4 sides had a slight taper.
The taper introduced the error where the cut would be at 90 degrees to one edge, but not to the other edge.
The solution was to run all 4 sides through the table saw ensuring the sides had perfectly parallel edges.
Now, the miter cuts all were perfect and the box came together with no gaps.
This box had mitered corners joined with splines. When I cut the miter on the first side, my square showed the edge wasn’t square. I checked my saw and my miter gauge...... both perfect. I cut a test miter on some scrap...... perfect.
Turns out the sides of the box were not parallel. Somehow, the long board from which I had cut the 4 sides had a slight taper.
The taper introduced the error where the cut would be at 90 degrees to one edge, but not to the other edge.
The solution was to run all 4 sides through the table saw ensuring the sides had perfectly parallel edges.
Now, the miter cuts all were perfect and the box came together with no gaps.
