Wow I love this idea. Might do the same. Thanks for posting.
Wow I love this idea. Might do the same. Thanks for posting.
It's going to be replaced with a crosscut sled soon. I just don't have the materials I want for that yet, and my truck's broke down temporarily.
This was a great little project to both sharpen and practice my chisels on too. I just sharpen incrementally, testing between bouts, and I stop sharpening when it's easy to chisel. The notch the miter fits in was done entirely with dull and then sharp chisels and sandpaper.
The board's just a piece of pine scrap I had. The cuts were all done on the table saw. Miter gauge already had that screw hole there, so I just made the same hole in the board, sunk in with a washer on the flat side. Surfacing was a hasty job with 80 grit and then 220 grit on the orbital sander. It's treated with two overnight coats of boiled linseed oil.
It's going to be replaced with a crosscut sled soon. I just don't have the materials I want for that yet, and my truck's broke down temporarily.
This was a great little project to both sharpen and practice my chisels on too. I just sharpen incrementally, testing between bouts, and I stop sharpening when it's easy to chisel. The notch the miter fits in was done entirely with dull and then sharp chisels and sandpaper.
The board's just a piece of pine scrap I had. The cuts were all done on the table saw. Miter gauge already had that screw hole there, so I just made the same hole in the board, sunk in with a washer on the flat side. Surfacing was a hasty job with 80 grit and then 220 grit on the orbital sander. It's treated with two overnight coats of boiled linseed oil.
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