RE: Box making

[M.W.Foscue]

Bill,

Sorry - I saw that "TongXu" and immediately thought "Chi-Com knock-off".

Thanks for the link - however, I will not buy from China whenever I can get a similar product made elsewhere. (Not always easy.)

In the case of Woodpeckers' products, the Chi-Coms make exact copies and, like you stated, sell them for a LOT less. (There was a time, not long ago, where they even used Woodpeckers' photos for their Chi-Com products in their eBay postings.)

If the Woodpecker pieces (made of aluminum) are pricey, there are ones made of high-tech polymers, like the one you posted, available thru Rockler, Woodcraft, Peachtree, Klingspor, etc. (possibly made in China too)

Brigitte - you get The Prize - for your recommendation to "Make your own" out of plywood. 

Richard - If you have your table saw and miter gauge set up to give you accurate 90º cuts, why not create a jig from plywood that will fit perfectly inside the assembled box (before you glue it up - test fit it)?  The jig should be 2 pieces of ply with a spacer block between them.  Size that spacer so that one of the ply pieces will lay flush with the bottom edges of the bottom of the box and the top ply piece will be close to even with the top edges of the top of the box.  Apperance-wise, (if the sides were all squares instead of rectangles) it will look like you now have a solid wood cube. (In your case it will be a rectangular box.)  Now you can glue he 4 sides together, insert the Jig into the inside of the box frame, and clamp it.  The jig will square up all 4 corners - all at once - you won't need 4 clamps.

The key to this is making sure your table saw & miter gauge set to 90º yield a 90º cut.

Best of  luck!  (I know - you Brits don't need "luck" you have "Skill"! )

Mac

---

---

-----Original Message-----
From: bulke...@mmnet.com.au
Sent: Jun 23, 2020 4:07 AM
To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Box making

Here you go Richard

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TONGXU-Position-Accessory-Auxiliary-Woodworking/dp/B07VMKZ65N/ref=pd_sbs_60_3/261-2781080-9222905?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07VMKZ65N&pd_rd_r=c3cefc80-fb5b-4fa1-9644-613897b30d4d&pd_rd_w=RjgiZ&pd_rd_wg=aYaGT&pf_rd_p=2773aa8e-42c5-4dbe-bda8-5cdf226aa078&pf_rd_r=A8RQWJ7SVGQD8KDE2VVC&psc=1&refRID=A8RQWJ7SVGQD8KDE2VVC

 

a bit more reenable price  I wouldn’t pay that much  either  and you get 4

 

Bill

---

---

From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Richard Ellis
Sent: Tuesday, 23 June 2020 5:11 PM
To: Legacy Ornamental Mills <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Box making

 

Mac. & Roger

I have just been onto the woodworkers workshop To have a look at the clamping squares. I,, like Roger,, have been selling  and buying all sorts of thing from land to lathe parts. But buying is where the profit is if you use your brains. To buy squares at £64.95 -------- must think I am stupid.

---

---

On Monday, June 22, 2020 at 8:15:21 PM UTC+1, Va Oak wrote:

Richard,

 

I would do the same as Bill.  My SawStop, for all practical purposes, is "Dead On" at making 90º cuts.

I do not have confidence in the precision capability of the LOM to attempt to perfectly "square" a piece of wood on it.  The LOM is great for a lot - but not to establish perfect 90º angles four times to create a cube. (backlash and just the slight "slop"in the rail tracking)  If somewhere between 88 and 92 degrees was "ok" then I might try the LOM.

 

I suggest you contact a GREAT American precision manufacturer - Woodpeckers - and buy a few of their "Clamping Squares" 

(Sorry, Roger, they do not make cheese.)

 

They will square up whatever it is you want squared up.  There are a variety of ways you can employ them to accomplish that.

 

Be well - and do good.

Mac

---

---

-----Original Message-----
From: bulk...@mmnet.com.au
Sent: Jun 22, 2020 1:58 PM
To: legacy-orna...@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Box making

I would do it on the spindle with the indexing gear using a square off the rails to check it.

 

But I’m guessing I usually square all  my stock on the table saw.

 

Bill

---

---

From: legacy-orna...@googlegroups.com <legacy-orna...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Richard Ellis
Sent: Tuesday, 23 June 2020 2:19 AM
To: Legacy Ornamental Mills <legacy-orna...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Box making

 

I am making some small boxes 4x8 inch 4 inch deep. I have done all the box joints using 1/2 inc cutter, Four turns with the handle worked well.

Now glue up ----------I have block of wood 3 1/2 inch but not quite square. The question is how to make it square on the Legacy---45 180 90 or planing on the table, Table will get two sides o.k. but how about the others. The block is for clamping, one corner off for glue run out.

Richard

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/1741937334.4415.1592930578216%40wamui-napoleon.atl.sa.earthlink.net.