I believe that before achieving success in woodworking one must also experience failure of some kind as well. Additionally, like I use to tell my students and staff, ask questions before you make the wrong decision.
After putting the splines in (end grain facing out this time) I cut the lid off (success) without a hitch, well sort of. I must have watched dozens of videos on how to do it and went with the way Marc Spagnuolo (Wood Whisperer) does it. https://diysynthcases.com/how-to-cut-off-a-box-lid/
The failure was that the lid did not matched the case. When I looked at it there was a saw cut on the vertical portion of the lid. Not only was I cutting along the horizontal as I pushed the box through the blade, but the vertical part (leading edge and trailing edge) was also getting cut.
Where did I go wrong? Was the blade set too high. How do I determine at what height to set blade?
Luckily, I can use the remaining portion to try again as a test. My other options are to cut just short of the all the way through and saw it off or build the lid separately.
Thanks for the help.
After putting the splines in (end grain facing out this time) I cut the lid off (success) without a hitch, well sort of. I must have watched dozens of videos on how to do it and went with the way Marc Spagnuolo (Wood Whisperer) does it. https://diysynthcases.com/how-to-cut-off-a-box-lid/
The failure was that the lid did not matched the case. When I looked at it there was a saw cut on the vertical portion of the lid. Not only was I cutting along the horizontal as I pushed the box through the blade, but the vertical part (leading edge and trailing edge) was also getting cut.
Where did I go wrong? Was the blade set too high. How do I determine at what height to set blade?
Luckily, I can use the remaining portion to try again as a test. My other options are to cut just short of the all the way through and saw it off or build the lid separately.
Thanks for the help.