On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 20:17:37 +0100, Adam Chapman wrote (in article ):
Hello,
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> I want to make this beehive
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, it's called a "WBC"hive if anyone wants to read about it.
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> Basically I have no idea how to make the finger joint at at angle like
> that. Im sure i could work out the angles, but cant work out how
> tomake it with a router.
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> Any help is appreciated.
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> Thanks,
> Adam
I'm Xposting this to rec.woodworking for you 'cos there's some clever blokes on there who might be able to come at this from a different direction and sort you out properly
Meanwhile
I just took a look at the drawings on
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it stands there's NO way to cut the joints with a router because the cuts would be parallelogram shaped. The cuts would have to be cut parallel with each other but at an angle relative to the board edge
You _can_ do it by hand (well, I couldn't) or you can have one of the pairs of sides square to the other a and running "normally square" - as in like a standard box joint - on the square-cornered sides.
Check out
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guy sells a jig for you to make your own dovetail/box jigs of any size and custom built for any particular weird project you have on hand, so if you're willing to lose the leaning-in on two of the walls, you could joint it fairly easily - even dovetail it - with this gizmo which is around 40 usd
He has some nice examples of angled dovetails. Watch the on-site video for a step by step account.
I've probably overlooked something obvious, so I'm throwing this one out to the floor for sage counsel.
Enjoy!