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More wood butchering from Ross, Scarf Joint
RossJarvis:
Thanks for all the advice and comments guys :thumbup:
I've gone for cutting the block in half as I think that's more like what would happen in "real life", plus the challenge of marking the joints out was getting beyond the current brand of tea :scratch:. I'm finding that I have a tendency to undercut, into the left. I'm going to practice more. The cutting all the way round for a guide seems a good bit of advice. I can usually follow a line across the wood. I'm not sure if I'm any better with a western style saw at this and just need more practice, or whether there is a certain in-built cack-handedness.
R.G.Y.:
Yes keep practising. The last 20 years of my 50 years working as a chippy, I never needed any marks to cut 90 +90 or 45 +90 degrees. So keep going. The 2 back dovetail corners on a drawer done with 1 line on each piece. But that's an old sweat shop trick. I could do a drawing to explain if interested.
vtsteam:
--- Quote from: awemawson on October 20, 2013, 03:21:00 AM ---It was beaten into me in school woodwork classes always to mark the "face side" and "face edge" and only take measurements from those two surfaces as the timber would never be truly square.
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You can't do any of these complex high precision joints as shown with tapered or curved stock at finish dimensions. You finish true and square first, then mark and do your cross cuts. You can't possibly make a "square cut" across timber that is irregular -- tapered or curved lengthwise. It's a contradiction in terms.
Crosscutting comes after dimensioning stock.
It is possible to use warped, tapered, or curved stock in lots of carpentry, building a barn for instance, and yes best to measure from single sides there. And so it is safest to assume irregular stock. But in this kind of precision joinery it's no different than machining, except for the use of hand woodworking tools.
Pete W.:
Hi there, all,
Steve, I hope Ross won't mind my asking this in his thread but is there a thread illustrating the building of your house, the one you pictured in my 'Tin Shed Project'?
Is so, please give us a link - if not, why not?!?! :nrocks: :nrocks: :nrocks:
vtsteam:
--- Quote from: RossJarvis on October 20, 2013, 05:56:13 AM ---Thanks for all the advice and comments guys :thumbup:
I've gone for cutting the block in half as I think that's more like what would happen in "real life", plus the challenge of marking the joints out was getting beyond the current brand of tea :scratch:.
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Suggestion: mark out a template and use that to mark your stock. I like aluminum flashing for that. You can move it around and get best cut usage on your stock. Plus it becomes a lifetime tool to add to your collection. Plus it creates uniformity in your joints.
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