Mitre Box + Clamping Mitres

[ByronBlack]

Here's a little conundram for y'all. I'm making a mitred frame for a table top. I currently do not own any mitre clamps and I don't wish to buy any at this point in time, so therefore is there a way to make up some kind of clamping mechanism or clamping jig for this kind of task?

Secondly, I've also got to make a mitre box to cut the mitres with, is there a trick or handy technique to makesure that the saw-guide slots are accurate to 45? Or is it just a case of careful sawing, and then relying on a mitre attachment to the shooting board to clean up any inaccuracies?

Your thoughts gratefully received.

 

[TonyW]

Byron
Are these ideas any good to you:
http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/workshop/miter.html
http://www.woodworkingtips.com/etips/etip030516ws.html

Home made Mitre box
http://www.builderbill-diy-help.com/miter-box.html

Cheers
Tony

 

[ByronBlack]

Tony, you're a star!!

Thats exactly what I was after! I need to brush up on my googling skills because i've been searching for a while!

Cheers!

 

[TonyW]

Glad you found them useful.

I seem to have a growing web library of things that I have found/stumbled across and thought what a good idea - will save the link. If there is a secret in this case it is to search for miter as well as mitre - strange spellings in the US (color rather than colour)

Cheers
Tony

 

[Lord Nibbo]

When I made this

I used a set of these

to clamp it.

 

[Noel]

Few simlar ideas here including somebody who was also building a mitre frame table:
https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/view ... 47&start=0

 

[ByronBlack]

LN - I did look at those, and will probably invest in one in the future, but at the moment there are no pennies in the chest to spend so I'll probably make up those clamping blocks..

Noel - thank you for the link, i'll take a read over breakfast

 

[Smudger]

The last strap clamps I bought were Wolfcraft and they cost less than a fiver.

 

[Anonymous]

Easy to make some temporary sash cramps with boards say 4x1" with blocks, or pegs or just nails at the ends, with wedges between them and the workpiece. 2 on top 2 below.
Mitreing plain boards you don't need a mitre block - just saw to the marks and tidy up with a mitreing shooting board if you have one, or without if not.
Mitre blocks best for mouldings etc where you can't easily draw a line, of for compound angles where you tilt the picture frame whatever at one angle and cut at 45deg.

cheers
Jacob

 

[Colin C]

This is one I use on some mitres.

Put the mitres in a line ( end to end ). with them touching each other.
Put some masking tape on the outside, so that the mitres are held to gether .

You can then put glue on the mitres and just roll the frame up, the mitres should now all be tight together with some tape on the last one.

That should hold them till the glue dries.

I hope that is clear.

Regards Colin

 

[bugbear]

Byron
Are these ideas any good to you:
http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/workshop/miter.html
http://www.woodworkingtips.com/etips/etip030516ws.html

IIRC there's a commercial version of this idea too.

(googly google)
http://www.amazon.com/Gross-Stabil-H384 ... B0000E6U11

BugBear

 

[Anonymous]

Byron

I picked up a band clamp at the local market a couple of years ago for a fiver. Works as well (I actually prefer the corner supports) as my £20+ Bessey!!

 

[ByronBlack]

Cheers fella's, some great idea's and solutions there. I'll have a think over the coming days and pick a method, i'll report back as to the level of success

 

[Paul Sellers]

Hi Byron,
This may be tons more than you want on shooting boards and such but I wrote it a couple of years ago for Popular Woodworking in USA.

http://www.popularwoodworking.com/store ... =12/1/2006

 

[ByronBlack]

Hi Paul,

I can't seem to get your link to work?

 

[Paul Kierstead]

Hi Paul,

I can't seem to get your link to work?

Not here either, and it is a topic I am very keenly interested in. Argh!

 

[Alf]

PWW's website has had a revamp so now you can't find anything :lol: Think this is it? (PDF file)

Cheers, Alf

 

[ByronBlack]

Good work Alf - that is a very comprehensive article, and is on my print queue as we speak

Cheers!

 

[Another Dave]

Hi Byron,
This may be tons more than you want on shooting boards and such but I wrote it a couple of years ago for Popular Woodworking in USA.

http://www.popularwoodworking.com/store ... =12/1/2006

Paul, do you not have to be a subscriber to access this?

Dave.