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  1. 11th January 2010, 01:14 PM #1
    motegi
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    Default Canvas stretcher bars

    Hi All,

    Can anyone please tell me if there is a jig out there to make joints like this? I want to make my own Stretcher bars as the ones out selling out there are ridiculously expensive.
    see below link for what the bars look like.

    http://www.warehouseexpress.com/webc...tcher-bars.jpg


    any help would be appreciated.

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  3. 11th January 2010, 01:50 PM #2
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    They look to me like 4 strips of appropriately cut plywood and a bead laminated together. If that's the case they shouldn't be too tricky to knock up on a table saw. If not ply, then at least it is 4 strips of solid timber (looks like pine) if so you might need to thickness it first.

    Actually - I've looked again, and I think it migth be solid timber. If so, then it would be possible, but harder. Looks like it is mostly likely to be done on a table saw. I don't know of any jigs.

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  4. 11th January 2010, 01:57 PM #3
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    The bars are actually manufactured from a single piece of solid pine rather than gluing strips of plywood, I have bought them before.
    i've been scratching my head on how I;d be able to build a rig/jig to cut a profile like that...ummm..
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  5. 11th January 2010, 03:42 PM #4
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    Bear with me, I have the destructions how to make that joint somewhere.
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  6. 11th January 2010, 05:12 PM #5
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    There's a discussion on making this joint on a router over at Router Forums - Router and Woodworking Discussion Community.
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  7. 11th January 2010, 08:45 PM #6
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    It is called a Mitered Bridle Joint or, the one you are after is called a Double Bridle Miter Joint.
    You can see the complete destructions in Woodsmith, Vol 31/No 181 Page 12.
    You may have to order a back issue.
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