How high can an iBox box?

I'm currently making some very large shallow cabinets. I did too good a job of selling the customer on finger joints and so found myself needing to finger joint timber nearly 1700 mm long :doh:!
Even before wondering about how to support it, I realised that the shed roof where my table saw lives is TOO low.
I moved the saw into a higher bay :~ and then quickly discovered that even with such a short base, the iBox was remarkably stable with such a long workpiece!

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I took it slowly, checked for vertical, clamped for each cut and it worked out beautifully. It took twice as long to clear a path and move the saw as it did to cut the finger joints!

fletty

Reminds me of the time I needed to rout a mortise in a long table apron.:D

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To those who replied directly and via "other media", YES, I actually did consider "making a hole in the roof" by removing a sheet of roofing above the table saw AND, if I had considered how much stuff I had to relocate to be able to move the saw, I would have done so :roll:!
Here is a pic of the joint straight off the iBox....

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....... but apologies for the very dirty clamps as they are my longest clamps and had attracted cobwebs due to infrequent use :B?

fletty

EDIT: My pic didn't rotate, woohoo, thankyou to the Gods and/or forum boffins!

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

The iBox does a great job on the finger joints. Interested in how you finish off the ends?

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Originally Posted by Lappa

Interested in how you finish off the ends?

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Yeah, me too! :;

For me, if anything is going to go belly up, it's nearly always at this point. Nice tight joints, everything is square and even, alls looking great, I'll just trim down those protruding fingers and :oo:

I didn't want to mocka myself earlier but (so far!), a low angle block plane has taken care of the finger extensions and then sanding 240, 400 and 600 has prepared it for the WOP top coat. I've had a container of walnut putty beside me, which hasn't hasn't been needed :hpydans:, but I will need to hone the blade again before shaving the next set of fingers.
Ill post some pics tomorrow when I hope to have both cabinets finished and at least 1 coat of WOP.

You've done well Alan....:2tsup:

Though I'm curious as to the large electric motors in the background of the first photo :?

Cheers, Peter

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Originally Posted by fletty

.............. but I will need to hone the blade again before shaving the next set of fingers.

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I went on a bit of a sharpening splurge this morning and, after that, my low angle smoother did the best job of cutting back the fingers....

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...... followed by sanding with 240.......

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...and will be finished with 400 and then 600 grit before coats of WOP.

Crowie, the motor in the background is just my thicknesser photo bombing?

fletty

Nice work. That plane does a nice job. Is it a No. 164?
Cheers

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Originally Posted by Lappa

Nice work. That plane does a nice job. Is it a No. 164?
Cheers

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Yes, Lie Nielson No 164 :)