Building Small Scale Furniture (not dollhouse)

May 19, 2006 1 Replies

This is a project I have wanted to try for many years. Have done lots of furniture refinishing, but no building. Fairly familiar with woods and small, hobby tools. So, first question: If one builds about half scale, can I use plans for full-scale funiture and halve all the dimensions?



Then, tools: limited budget and space. Is there a table rotary saw that isn't a monster and can do fine work? Or is a jig saw more suitable?



Anyone know of a source for scaled down router bits?



If anyone knows of good books for the work, I would love to know. Thanks, and please bear with my amateurish questions :o)


I don't know how small you want, but Micromark (micromark.com) has a range of small tools - including a tablesaw that uses 2" blades.

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This is a project I have wanted to try for many years. Have done lots

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