Mitre Joints

[Joco]

I had a good number of mitre joints to cut on my bandsaw for some framing I was making.  So a little time at the table saw with some careful cutting checking and I have a nice little mitre joint insert for the band saw.

This isn't a new idea, but here is my simple implementation. 2 layers of 18mm plywood glued together with some high density plastic (from a cheap chopping board) the correct width for the slot in the bandsaw top screwed onto the plywood. This stops the wedge from sliding out.

[b.lindsey]

Nice solution James. I am sure it made cutting all those mitre joints much easier too!!

Bill

[Joco]

I'm still cutting them.   I have noticed a little bit of flex when the clamp is tightened. Its about 1mm which is sod all and easy to correct for since i measure everything 3+ times before cutting, but the potential for that little error is enough to annoy me.

I think its the screw and/plastic flexing.  So, I'll turn a circle of steel to diameter and use an M8 bolt to hold it in.   Nothings going to flex then. 

[Joco]

I had a look at the method for holding the jig in place and decided it needed to be a bit more robust.   So a bit of steel round, some lathe work and an M8 bolt and things seem to be much more rigid.