Thread: Mitre Gaps- 3 spot on, 4th always out

so last night thanks to everyones advice I got it sorted, Are hours of setting up, my table saw is set at a perfect 45 degrees, It was set at 44.98.
Using corner clamps I glued the two sides together separately, once dry I joined the glued pieces to form the box, perfect!!!! checked all angles, perfect fit!!!!!!!!, it seems that maybe the glue was part of the problem, I dont think tape and some rubber bands were enough and in the drying process it was expanding the joints.

I will post some pic's soon, I have a few more Pine boxes to knock up for practice then I am on to the $$$$ Hardwood.

Out of interest I purchased a small Lie-Nielsen Router plane for the hinges, Its the smallest one they do, Have to say Wow!!! best thing I ever bought, Working with thin stock and small hinges this gets a crisp dead on cut every time, its the small detail that can make or break a small box , its my fav tool and as such my next box will be to store this little beauty!

thanks again everyone.

This is great news tonycrh, well done! How are you making sure the opposite sides of the box are exactly the same length?

Glad all is sorted.

Originally Posted by Dengue

This is great news tonycrh, well done! How are you making sure the opposite sides of the box are exactly the same length?

I'm using stop blocks on my incra jig, works great