Questions tagged [box-joint]
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Finger joints in thicker stock
I am trying to cut finger joints in a 1 1/2 inch thick stock. My current jig does not allow for wood this thick. Are there any jigs that can accommodate this thickness or is there a way of using a ...
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4-way foldable X joint
I'm trying to design a 4-way X-shaped foldable joint. Something that is 4-legged and connects at the middle, but can also be folded up into a straight object. Is this possible? What would be the name ...
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Lacquer. Perfect Round Holes. Wood Glue. Etc
I'm a hobbyist.
I'm building a guitar cab.
This is my first touch of a table saw and first try and box joints.
A couple of Q's:
1. I sanded the heck outta this thing but apparently not enough to get ...
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How to hide base dados behind box joint corners
I don’t have any photos on me so hopefully I can describe this ok. Say I build a box like so:
Cut the four sides.
Cut dado in bottom of each side, on table saw (I don’t have another good way), which ...
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Is standard box joinery sturdy enough for a hollow table leg?
I'm planning to make a desk with adjustable height. I want the legs to be two pieces: a lower, thicker leg from which a thinner upper leg can telescope. This means that the lower legs will essentially ...
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Box joints for this table with just jigsaw and chisel?
I'm planning on replicating this side table.
It looks nice, but of course from a stability point of view that is probably one of the worst table designs to come up with ;). A lot of force is on ...
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Making a box joint jig
I want to make a box joint jig for my table saw and have the 'squares' if you will, a quarter inch. I found a very simple and nice design for my table saw to do this easily. But it showed that you ...
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Pocket Hole Joint Strength
I'm in the process of building a table saw/router table extension. I've been using pocket hole joints made with a Kreg jig for the case so far. I was wondering if the pocket holes screws would be ...
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How to make a box with rounded corners
I've stumbled on this beautiful piece of design. And I'm wondering how they constructed the wooden part of the box. I have some questions:
Which type of wood they use, because the nerves are really ...
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Adding height to wooden fence post
Would it be strong enough if I was to add 1ft of fence post to a 5ft garden post using a box joint? I am looking at attaching a 6ft wooden gate to it on one side and a standard fence panel to the ...
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How do i create a really long box joint?
The Sane Man's Approach
As I'm about to remove a wall I have to add a steel I-Beam as a post to support the ceiling. My plan is to cover all four sides so that it looks like a wooden post. Normally I ...
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8 to 12 mm plywood box joints: brackets vs glue(box joint) vs screws
There's very similar question, but there're no answers for my specifics.
I'm going to build few open-top boxes to be used mostly as a bench to seat 2 grown-ups, with ability to also carry things in ...
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Finger Joints on a 2x10
I am remodeling my kids sandbox and shrinking it from 12'x 8' to 8'x8' square. It is approximately 25" in depth. I will be using two "boxes" on top of each other made of redwood 2x10s.
I am wondering ...
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How do I clamp box joints?
When making box joints, per a number of articles I've read, I've left the fingers a touch longer than the thickness of the board. So if I'm making joints on 1/4" plywood, my fingers might be 5/16" ...
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How do I look for a table saw blade with non-angled teeth?
I'm thinking about building this box joint jig so I can make my joints with a single blade (rather than having to pull out my dado set). The problem is that I've got one of them fancy Freud blades ...
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