Curly maple and bocote

**DougStowe** · 21st January 2009, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by Johann George

Doug,

I see that you and another poster use the table saw to make the splines. Do you find it preferable to use a table saw rather than a router table?

John

John,
Yes. The saw blade cuts easier, faster and cleaner. I use a Forest Woodworker II blade with a special grind that gives it a perfectly flat cut. You can do a similar operation with a 1/8 in. diameter straight cut router bit, but such small bits have a tendency to break and are limited in depth. You can do them with a slotting cutter on the router table, but there you are limited in the height it can be set above the table. There are many things that the router can do just as well as a table saw, but this is one area that the saw clearly excels.

Doug

**ciscokid** · 21st January 2009, 11:05 PM

Yes, the tablesaw is the prefered way to go, IMO. Key to havng success with this is the grind of the tooth. Since you need the flat bottom, look for a blade that is either FTG or ATBR. Both Forrest and CMT sell blades like this.
Doug, my farm is 45 minutes from the capital. I work very near DC. And it needs to warm up here! It was 8 degrees F this morning.

We could use a little global warming if you ask me.

**David H** · 22nd January 2009, 07:05 AM

Wouldn't mind exchanging some heat with you guys - has been 26C all night or 78 F in your scale here in Brisbane. I don't like the heat so have been contributing to global warming with aircon on all night.
David

**Johann George** · 24th January 2009, 07:49 AM

Doug and Cisco,

Thanks for the informative replies.

I'll use your recommendations.

John

**Alex.R** · 25th January 2009, 09:23 AM

Thank you all,

I will start making a jig as soon as I get home from the mainland,

Once again, sorry for hi-jacking your thread!

Alex.

**Sawdust Maker** · 27th January 2009, 09:44 AM

Nice work everyone and thanks for a highly informative thread

Must dig out that copy of FWW and read it more closely - Missed your story Doug

- sorry

**Woodtec** · 27th January 2009, 12:08 PM

Nice looking box’s guys and excellent verb age on the documentation and jig presentations..

**ciscokid** · 27th January 2009, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by Alex.R

Thank you all,
I will start making a jig as soon as I get home from the mainland,
Once again, sorry for hi-jacking your thread!

Alex.

Not at all, Alex. Some threads are meant to be highjacked. Like a morning discussion over coffee with friends, they should be allowed to progress down paths and avenues naturally. And if someone learns something new or gets an inspiration, then it is all worthwhile.

We share - we learn - we are a guild.

**Alex.R** · 1st February 2009, 06:24 PM

Just started making a jig today, but the question now is, do you cut the whole way through the box corner into the inside? Or should the spline not be visible from the inside?

**Fencepost2** · 1st February 2009, 06:48 PM

You have a choice. Most boxes do not expose the spline in the inside and so the cut is not all the way through the corner. If, however, you wanted a little ledge in each corner on which to rest a tray you could cut all the way through and use a spline wide enough to intrude into each corner of the box to support the tray - personally I think this would be a bit fiddly though.

**Alex.R** · 1st February 2009, 08:37 PM

Thanks mate, yes I thought it would be rather tricky to clean up the inside too,

Alex.

**ciscokid** · 2nd February 2009, 10:18 PM

I generally do not cut all the way through the corners. However, mistakes have been known to happen.

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