Folks -
The Wif and I want to make some small boxes as Christmas (not holiday) gifts... I have a bunch of redwood 2x6 that would be very nice... What I want to do is rip the boards at an angle on edge so that the inside faces will be beveled slightly... Think of a 30 /60 degree triangle for the "end view".
Ok, now, I'll need to cut either a rabbet or dado in the thicker section for a box bottom, and a dado in the thinner top section for the box top. How do I do this and have the cut be square to the outside face? If I cut those dados on the beveled side of the board, the cheeks of the dados will be canted when the box is assembled.
I had thought about offsetting the boards after I rip them, and using the "other board" to keep the inside face at 90 deg when I cut the dado, but thought I'd post this for remarks.
In ASCII, here's an end view of what hope to do, and convey. The I couldn't draw the bevel very well, but that's what the slash represents.. ___________________________________________ | _ | | | | | | / | __ | | | / | | | |/
TIA,
John