ShopNotes #03 (Vol. 01) by Handy Tool Carry-All

Author:Handy Tool Carry-All
Format: epub

TECHNIQUE Miter Joint ■ Using a biscuit to join the ends of two mitered pieces has a couple of advantages, see photo. First, miters tend to slip out of alignment as you clamp them together. The biscuits prevent the pieces from shifting when the clamps are tightened. Second, since the ends of the miter are primarily end grain, the biscuits help strengthen the joint by “locking” the pieces together. To make the plate joint on mitered pieces, align the workpieces and make a mark across the joint line, see box at right. Then, if possible, clamp each piece in a vise with the miter up, see drawing at left. (If the board is too long, clamp it to the bench so the mitered end extends over the edge of the bench.) Next, adjust the angle of the fence to match the miter, and set the depth stop. To keep from cutting slots through to the outside face of the workpiece, position the fence so the slot is closer to the inside corner of the miter, see drawing at left. T-Joint ■ Like the corner joint, a T-joint requires cutting slots in the end grain of one piece and the face grain of another, see photo. For example, when joining a shelf to the side of a cabinet. The problem is the fence on the plate joiner can’t be adjusted (it’s actually in the way) for cutting the slots in the middle of the upright piece. The solution is to tilt the fence out of the way (or remove it), and index the slots off the base of the plate joiner, see Fig. 1. As before, align the pieces and mark the joint lines, see box at right. Also, draw a line where the bottom of the shelf will be. To cut the slots you use the two vrorkpieces to align the plate joiner. To do this, clamp the pieces together with the shelf on the marked line, see Fig. la. Now slide the joiner across the bottom piece to cut the slots in the end of the shelf, see Fig. 1. Then use the end of the shelf to guide the joiner to cut slots in the face grain, see Fig. 2. No. 3 ShopNotes 19

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