Project — "Solid Mahogany Vanity Top"
Marieanne will be using the Festool Plunge Saw for making these cuts. She places a stop-block on the guide rail. She will set the rail so that the stop block is at the end cut point. |
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This close-up gives a better idea of how the stop works. |
One of the nice things about the Festool guide rail system is that the edge of the rail is exactly where the cut will be — no offsets required. |
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The arrow points to a line on the saw that indicates where the forward edge of the blade will be when cutting. Marianne has lined this up with the inside corner of the angle cut and then brought the stop block back to that point. If done correctly, she will be able to cut precisely where she wants. |
It looks to me like she did well. Notice also the splinter free cut. |
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She uses a Japanese pull saw to finish the underside of the cut. |
With the miter cut, she can proceed with the other cuts. They are easy. She simply sets the guide rail on the line and make the cuts. |
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Marianne carefully marks the pieces so that she can fold them under correctly. The edge treatment of folding these pieces over counts on having the adjacent grain. |
Skipping ahead about 10 minutes and we find Marianne has flipped the top over and is matching the pieces to the edges of the top. |
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On one of the outside corners, she sets the cut-off pieces where they are aligned with their edges and she simply uses the pull saw to cut the miters. |
The corners match pretty well, but she can make them better, |
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She has clamped the pieces aligned to both edges and as close together as possible. She then uses a back saw that has a pretty wide kerf compared to the Japanese saw. By sawing down the miter, she cuts a uniform kerf that can then allow the edges to fit exactly. |
Now that is a tight miter and an easy
one to make.
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