Folks -
The subject line says it all... My niece is having a baby in October and her
baby shower is Sept 21.... I want to build her a cradle out of some walnut
that grew on the family property in front of the original home, circa
1860.... The tree died several years ago and I had it milled out, so a
heirloom cradle would be a very nice surprize for her.... SO, how the heck
to I cut angled dovetails? The cradle has compound angle joints and I'd
rather cut dovetails than use miter joints. Are there any online articles
that you folks are aware of. I can find plenty of sites that want to sell
me books, but I'm a cheap bastard, hehehhehe....
Any help or links would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
John
PS: The walnut has been stickered and air dried for about 3 years. Running
this stuff through the planer is like opening a christmas present!
(PLEASE... No religious rants on "christmas".... I've had enough of the OT
religious assholes hogging bandwidth.... TX!)
Check your library for the September/October 2002 FineWoodworking (issue
158) ; "Master Class" article "Laying out compound-angle dovetails" by Steve
Brown inside . The same issue covers how to cut the compound angles for the
cradle side/end panels without having to use math.
Good luck!
Michael Helms
Mountaineer Millworks
Weddington, NC
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