Re: angled finger joint? for beehive

Bored Borg · 2009-06-20T11:59:35+00:00

On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 20:17:37 +0100, Adam Chapman wrote(in article ):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 properlyMeanwhileI just took a look at the drawings on 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 edgeYou _can_ do it by hand (well, I couldn't)or you can have one of the pairs of sides square to the other aand running "normally square" - as in like a standard box joint - on the square-cornered sides.Check out 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 usdHe 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!

Jun 20, 2009 24 Replies

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Adam Chapman 17 years ago

Would it matter if you just treated the pine? I mean i have a pine shed thats stood up for years

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krw 17 years ago

Don't know. I was responding primarily to the statement; "A lot of people use cedar because of its lighter weight". Cedar will certainly outlast pine, but that may or may not be important to you.

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Father Haskell 17 years ago

Mill the sides, chop the baselines with a chisel.

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PHOTON 17 years ago

them. Cedar wood and odors do not seem to be a problem for the bees. Photon

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Jack Stein 17 years ago

PHOT> I have seen several different cedar trees with feral bee colonies in

Did you taste the honey? Did it taste/smell like aromatic cedar wood would?

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