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EsnRedshirt Special user Newark, CA 895 Posts |
Just got Osborne's Big Black Book in the mail yesterday. (Nice book- I had a couple of empty spaces in my show, and its given me ideas for some illusions to fill in those holes.)
Now I've only worked with stacked bases, so I figured I'd start incorporating sloped bases into my illusions, and picked a simple illusion to start with. I'm being a good little builder, and making a cardboard mockup for "Bride of the Blades"- and suddenly realizing that according to my calculations, it's going to require some precisely angled compound miter cuts to properly make the sloped base; oh, say about 43.36 degrees on one angle of the cuts. I can fudge it with cardboard, but neither my table saw nor my circular saw go to two significant digits on the angle setting. Now, short of buying a $7000+ computer-guided laser-precision radial arm saw, how do you guys deal with cuts like these? Do you estimate and overcut to 40-42 degrees, then fill in the gaps with wood putty and angle joints? Do you undercut to 45 degrees and finish the angles with a coping saw? Or is there a simple jig that I don't know about that lets you easily make cuts like this with a circular saw? Thanks in advance for the advice!
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ChrisG Elite user Batavia, Ohio 448 Posts |
Sears compound miter with stand. $219.00
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605......raftsman ChrisG
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ClintonMagus Inner circle Southwestern Southeast 3997 Posts |
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EsnRedshirt Special user Newark, CA 895 Posts |
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What most people do is spring the molding up at the requisite angle from the saw table, leave the saw bevel setting at 90°, and just flip the table miter gauge to each 45° setting and chop through. Actually, amosmc, that's just what I needed. Well, that and a new miter saw. Thanks!
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merlin5150 II Elite user Aurora, IL 414 Posts |
You could also look into getting the digital angle finder made by Skil, gives you tha angle and also the miter with a push of a button. Jeff
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raywitko Special user western Pa 527 Posts |
Cut your angles like crown molding. You can purchase a jig for cutting crown molding or you can make one.
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raywitko Special user western Pa 527 Posts |
Here's a bride of the blades I built a few years back. http://www.tabmantables.com/bladeTastic.jpg or another http://www.tabmantables.com/bladeTastic2.jpg
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owln_1 Loyal user dallas /now live by tulsa 222 Posts |
A compound miter saw and a cheap bevel gauge. Your compound cut should be around the 33 degree mark.F or a starting point cut some scrap and trial-fit it together. Owln_1
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Father Photius Grammar Host El Paso, TX (Formerly Amarillo) 17161 Posts |
You can get a kreg precision miter gauge for your table saw for under $150. There is also a mitre trimmer that is a bit like a paper cutter to finish mitre cuts with, though they cost a bit more than the precision miter gauge.
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EsnRedshirt Special user Newark, CA 895 Posts |
Thanks for all the help. I've got the problem solved. It wasn't that I couldn't determine the angles needed- I just couldn't cut a 43.36 degree angle, and the 10" sliding miter saws at Sears didn't have a big enough depth of cut to safely slice through a 9" piece of plywood elevated 20 degrees. (The 12" sliding miter saws can do this, but they cost $500; maybe for my birthday...)
At any rate, I picked up a 24" hand saw and build a large, adjustable miter box (can go from 6" wide to as wide as needed) out of scrap wood. Total cost- around $25, for a savings of $475.
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owln_1 Loyal user dallas /now live by tulsa 222 Posts |
Sounds good to me, can we split the savings? Owln_1
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ClintonMagus Inner circle Southwestern Southeast 3997 Posts |
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On 2008-02-02 00:45, EsnRedshirt wrote: A great example of the creativity that magicians showed in the "olden days"...
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Father Photius Grammar Host El Paso, TX (Formerly Amarillo) 17161 Posts |
Wood workers have been building jigs for centuries, good to see the practice is being carried on.
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George Ledo Magic Café Columnist SF Bay Area 3042 Posts |
Granted I'm a little late on the take here, but I have found so many good ideas for jigs and such in woodworking magazines, it's pitiful. A trip to the local B&N, Borders, Home Depot, Lowe's, or even a large supermarket, will provide lots of mags and ideas for solving those unusual problems. And they're fun to read, too.
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