GarageWoodworks wrote:
"gerry" wrote in message
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Hi All,

I am fairly new to woodworking and am trying to aquire some new skills...
I am in the middle of making an oak framed mirror, I have the timber
thicknessed and planed and am about to embark on cutting the miters! I
dont have access to a table saw, however I do have a router and a flush
cutting bit (the type with the bearing at the bottom). I was planning to
make a 45' jig from 18mm ply that I could clamp my frames to and then run
the flush cutting bit over it with the bearing running across the ply to
hopefully create the perfect 45' angles!!! Does this sound like a
reasonable idea? Do any of you have a plan for such a jig?

Hope you can help as I dont want to end up with some really pretty
firewood

Gerry

Sounds like a bad idea.
You would have to make the cut in one pass at the
max depth (with bearing on the bottom) with the bit cutting on both sides.

I was planning on rough cutting the miter and truing up with this method
so that the bit would only be removing around 1mm or so of stock. Can
you elaborate on why you think this is a bad idea please - remember im a
noob! Thanks.


Use a hand saw and a miter box and it will be 10X faster and safer!


I hear you but im not too confident with my skills yet and fear that the
miter would never line up!