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1st August 2008, 03:32 PM #1Novice
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To All Triton Users - How To Cut This
Howdy Guys,
I'm just seeking some advice on how to cut the following peice of timber. Please see picture below. Basically I have a plank of timber and want to cut 2 identical square holes in it. (Black squares in diagram below). I could use a jigsaw to cut the holes but would be left with a not so good finish.
Would a router be the best way in doing this, ie maybe with like a trench fitting? Any other ways?
Cheers.
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1st August 2008, 03:38 PM #2
I would use a router to cut the straight lines and use a chisel to square off the corners.
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1st August 2008, 04:12 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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I think I would use the jigsaw to cut close to the line and then finish with the router.
PeterThe other day I described to my daughter how to find something in the garage by saying "It's right near my big saw". A few minutes later she came back to ask: "Do you mean the black one, the green one, or the blue one?".
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1st August 2008, 08:18 PM #4
electric-green, Here is how I would do it.
1) Build a template to the size you want using 5 pieces of material joined together as shown below.
2) Cut out the Area in the piece of timber which will be your finished product using a jigsaw BUT stay a couple of mm inside from the edge.
3) Use some double sided tape to fix your template to the final piece and then use a Flush Cutter Router Bit with a bearing
4) Rout the 2mm excess by running the bearing around the template.
5) Finally use a chisel to square up the corners which will be left rounded by the router bit.
Hope this makes sense
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1st August 2008, 08:53 PM #5
funny i wouldof made the frame like this.
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1st August 2008, 10:08 PM #6
It will be time consuming but doing it with a template and router to finish will give good result.
But that is what we do. Take our time.
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