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I have recently taken interest in doing some box making and I am trying to gather as much information as possible to be sure I have the necessary tooling to go in this direction.
Miter ends are really nice on boxes and I have been digging around on how to make the joints really flush and seamless. It appears that a shooting board has been the tool of choice for this task, but I know little about shooting boards. I have the Oak-Park router table and all the fences in addition to their miter jig. I was wondering if end grain clean up on miter joints could be achieved equally as well using the router as using a shooting board. It seems like it would be one less tool to have to keep up with in the shop if I could just use what I already have and not have to add something else.
Any opinions, suggestions or even pictures on a set up to do this would be much appreciated.
Miter ends are really nice on boxes and I have been digging around on how to make the joints really flush and seamless. It appears that a shooting board has been the tool of choice for this task, but I know little about shooting boards. I have the Oak-Park router table and all the fences in addition to their miter jig. I was wondering if end grain clean up on miter joints could be achieved equally as well using the router as using a shooting board. It seems like it would be one less tool to have to keep up with in the shop if I could just use what I already have and not have to add something else.
Any opinions, suggestions or even pictures on a set up to do this would be much appreciated.