On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 08:56:57 -0500, "Dick Snyder"
wrote:

I am making a stand alone kitchen pantry for my daughter and son-in-law out
of oak plywood. I plan to dress the visible edges with strips of 1/8" solid
oak. For those of you who have done this before, do you butt the oak trim at
the corners or do you miter it? If you miter it, what do you make the cuts
with? I have a hand miter box but the saw is still too coarse to cut
something that thin. I guess I could make a 45 degree cut on a wide board
and then cut off the 1/8" strips if it is worth the trouble because mitered
corners look that much better than butting the edges. What do you think?

Assuming you have a table saw you can make yourself a miter sled that
will do it. Picture a piece of plywood straddling the two miter slots
with runners that slide in them, then add another piece of plywood at
a 45 degree angle such that the point is centered on the blade.
Normally this would allow you to cut complementary angles ensuring a
perfect 90 degree corner even if you didn't perfectly align the jig to
45 degrees, but given the length of the pieces you are cutting
depending on how much room around the saw you have you may have to
make do with cutting them all on one side. The jig will provide
enough support that cutting thin material is no problem. However I
think butt joints would look just as good in this application.


-Leuf