Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote in
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On 2/20/2017 10:11 PM, Puckdropper wrote:

Ok.

I did some tests with finger joints on my CNC router and they turned
out quite nicely. I just got distracted with other problems before I
finished the case I was building. In that case, I used the TS to cut
the wood to size, planer to give it a decent finish and parallel
edges, and CNC router to do the end cuts.

I may have been better off cutting the entire piece on the CNC, but
the important part was the finger joints.

Puckdropper



I am assuming a router type CNC. How do you square the bottoms of the
finger joints? Do you stand the pieces up on end?


I used a 3mm mortising chisel to square things up. There's no room to
stand the piece up, my mill* only has 5" or so Z-axis movement.

I guess I could program the mill to approximate a 1/8" radius cut on the
side of the finger joints, but at the time it wasn't important. I just
spent a few bucks on a chisel and got the work done.

*I said router before, but it's really a mill.

Puckdropper
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