gerry wrote:
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.

1. You'll blow out (splinter) the exit side. Avoidable but you're a
noob

2. Superfluous. If you can make the 45 degree cut on the ply to make
your jig you could make a 45 degree cut directly on the frame members.
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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!

If you can't cut it with a miter box you won't do any better with a
router bit. Just use a fine toothed saw and all will be well.


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