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  1. Linkshouse
    Ha ha, I've never cut mitre sides on the table saw. At the time I made these I was using my home made table saw so the blade angle was not adjustable. I'm making small boxes so the sides are only 3-4mm thick and between 25mm and 40 mm wide, I don't know how they would work out on the table saw. Now I have a "proper" table saw I may need to give it a go. Phill
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    I cut a load of box sides to length using a cross cut sled and stop on my table saw and then I use my router to chamfer the ends to 45 degrees. The jig works with my router and router fence and basically just holds thin narrows tock square and flat - This is a plan view showing the two slides that hold the stock against the block that holds them square to the fence. I can handle pieces up to 3" wide which is wider than I will ever do. Plus wider than this and one probably wouldn't need a jig. You can see on the I also have a couple of toggle clamps mounted on the main block and use these to hold the stock down while it is run past the 45 degree bevel router bit. I adjust the router height (depth) so that I just get a full 45 degree chamfer on the end of the piece. Once this is set up I can machine as many pieces as I like quite quickly. The guides are cut from 1/2" plywood and the whole lot is mounted on 1/4" MDF. Hope that helps. Phill
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    Yes, I imagine so. It is always interesting to see what does and doesn't sell well and it is often not what one would imagine. Last year I did a few with ribbons (made from wood) and similar sort of things to the one with the dog rose e.g. I was really quite proud of them and thought they were my best efforts. While people picked them up and made nice comments, they were actually the last to sell.
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    Only temporarily! The finger is healing quite nicely now thanks.
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    We have an Autumn Fair in November, here in Westray, and last year boxes seemed to go down well so I've been busy churning out boxes! I made a jig to make mitre box sides quite quick and easy letting me knock out a load of box blanks quite quickly (I know that bit has nothing to do with Scroll Saws). Here are some scroll sawed with the embellishments that will finish them off.
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    Great job on the butterfly and I like the wire idea. Not wanting to detract from the work on the butterfly but I really like the idea of mounting it on the log. I think it is this sort of lateral thinking that set a project apart.
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