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simplenik · 06-23-2007, 10:59 AM

Good day

Today, I made my first experiment cutting the fingers with all the 4 boards clamped together.

It took me around 30 min (including pics), It came out not bad (very bad?) but I learnt a few things

Better to joint the board exactly to the same width...(that I'll do with "Jointing on the router table") and than cut it to 4.

Plan the board a little bit wider so the last pass will have some "meat" otherwise, the bit is breaking the edges because of the direction of rotation, as you will see on the pics.

Make dust collection like BJ's one...

Oh, the good news...my wife entered to the garage and when she saw the box she said "Oh, you are making beautiful box for me?" so, not everything is lost...maybe, she likes the finger joint after all...

One question please...the joint is tight (but I still can "click" the boards by hand) and it looks like there is no space for the glue..so what is the "secret" in gluing.

Thank you
niki

06-23-2007, 10:59 AM	#1
simplenik Registered User Forum Geek Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 228 View simplenik's Gallery	Report This Post! My first finger joint box Good day Today, I made my first experiment cutting the fingers with all the 4 boards clamped together. It took me around 30 min (including pics), It came out not bad (very bad?) but I learnt a few things Better to joint the board exactly to the same width...(that I'll do with "Jointing on the router table") and than cut it to 4. Plan the board a little bit wider so the last pass will have some "meat" otherwise, the bit is breaking the edges because of the direction of rotation, as you will see on the pics. Make dust collection like BJ's one... Oh, the good news...my wife entered to the garage and when she saw the box she said "Oh, you are making beautiful box for me?" so, not everything is lost...maybe, she likes the finger joint after all... One question please...the joint is tight (but I still can "click" the boards by hand) and it looks like there is no space for the glue..so what is the "secret" in gluing. Thank you niki Last edited by simplenik; 06-23-2007 at 11:22 AM.
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