I am making a stand alone kitchen pantry for my daughter and son-in-law out
of oak plywood. I plan to dress the visible edges with strips of 1/8" solid
oak. For those of you who have done this before, do you butt the oak trim at
the corners or do you miter it? If you miter it, what do you make the cuts
with? I have a hand miter box but the saw is still too coarse to cut
something that thin. I guess I could make a 45 degree cut on a wide board
and then cut off the 1/8" strips if it is worth the trouble because mitered
corners look that much better than butting the edges. What do you think?
TIA.
Dick Snyder
Haven't read all the responses, so maybe this has already been suggested...
I do this a lot, and for really critical work, I use a modeler's razor saw
and a homemade miter box.You can buy a very fine tooth modeler's saw from
any hobby shop and make a 45 degree miter box in about 10 mins. For most
stuff, I just butt the corners. When its sanded and the corner is broke, its
almost invisible.
"Dick Snyder" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I am making a stand alone kitchen pantry for my daughter and son-in-law out
>of oak plywood. I plan to dress the visible edges with strips of 1/8" solid
>oak. For those of you who have done this before, do you butt the oak trim
>at the corners or do you miter it? If you miter it, what do you make the
>cuts with? I have a hand miter box but the saw is still too coarse to cut
>something that thin. I guess I could make a 45 degree cut on a wide board
>and then cut off the 1/8" strips if it is worth the trouble because mitered
>corners look that much better than butting the edges. What do you think?
>
> TIA.
>
> Dick Snyder
>
"Dick Snyder" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I am making a stand alone kitchen pantry for my daughter and son-in-law out
>of oak plywood. I plan to dress the visible edges with strips of 1/8" solid
>oak. For those of you who have done this before, do you butt the oak trim
>at the corners or do you miter it? If you miter it, what do you make the
>cuts with? I have a hand miter box but the saw is still too coarse to cut
>something that thin. I guess I could make a 45 degree cut on a wide board
>and then cut off the 1/8" strips if it is worth the trouble because mitered
>corners look that much better than butting the edges. What do you think?
If it were a fine piece of furniture I would say miter the corners with
thicker stock. With edging that thin I would say butt joint the corners.
Dick Snyder wrote:
> I am making a stand alone kitchen pantry for my daughter and son-in-law out
> of oak plywood. I plan to dress the visible edges with strips of 1/8" solid
> oak. For those of you who have done this before, do you butt the oak trim at
> the corners or do you miter it? If you miter it, what do you make the cuts
> with? I have a hand miter box but the saw is still too coarse to cut
> something that thin. I guess I could make a 45 degree cut on a wide board
> and then cut off the 1/8" strips if it is worth the trouble because mitered
> corners look that much better than butting the edges. What do you think?
>
> TIA.
>
> Dick Snyder
>
>
You could make balls-on accurate miters with a shooting board set up for
45 degree miters. I have a straight shooting board that converts to a
miter shooting board by screwing on a wide board that is mitered to a
perfect 45. No tearout, and no angle mistakes.
dave
On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 08:56:57 -0500, "Dick Snyder"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I am making a stand alone kitchen pantry for my daughter and son-in-law out
>of oak plywood. I plan to dress the visible edges with strips of 1/8" solid
>oak. For those of you who have done this before, do you butt the oak trim at
>the corners or do you miter it? If you miter it, what do you make the cuts
>with? I have a hand miter box but the saw is still too coarse to cut
>something that thin. I guess I could make a 45 degree cut on a wide board
>and then cut off the 1/8" strips if it is worth the trouble because mitered
>corners look that much better than butting the edges. What do you think?
Assuming you have a table saw you can make yourself a miter sled that
will do it. Picture a piece of plywood straddling the two miter slots
with runners that slide in them, then add another piece of plywood at
a 45 degree angle such that the point is centered on the blade.
Normally this would allow you to cut complementary angles ensuring a
perfect 90 degree corner even if you didn't perfectly align the jig to
45 degrees, but given the length of the pieces you are cutting
depending on how much room around the saw you have you may have to
make do with cutting them all on one side. The jig will provide
enough support that cutting thin material is no problem. However I
think butt joints would look just as good in this application.
-Leuf
No need to be sarcastic Mike. Of course a chisel will cut but not likely at
a perfect 45 degree angle.
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> "Dick Snyder" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>I am making a stand alone kitchen pantry for my daughter and son-in-law
>>out of oak plywood. I plan to dress the visible edges with strips of 1/8"
>>solid oak. For those of you who have done this before, do you butt the oak
>>trim at the corners or do you miter it? If you miter it, what do you make
>>the cuts with? I have a hand miter box but the saw is still too coarse to
>>cut something that thin. I guess I could make a 45 degree cut on a wide
>>board and then cut off the 1/8" strips if it is worth the trouble because
>>mitered corners look that much better than butting the edges. What do you
>>think?
>>
>> TIA.
>>
>> Dick Snyder
> There is a special tool called a knife or an even more specialized tool
> called a chisel....
>
"Dick Snyder" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I am making a stand alone kitchen pantry for my daughter and son-in-law out
>of oak plywood. I plan to dress the visible edges with strips of 1/8" solid
>oak. For those of you who have done this before, do you butt the oak trim
>at the corners or do you miter it? If you miter it, what do you make the
>cuts with? I have a hand miter box but the saw is still too coarse to cut
>something that thin. I guess I could make a 45 degree cut on a wide board
>and then cut off the 1/8" strips if it is worth the trouble because mitered
>corners look that much better than butting the edges. What do you think?
>
> TIA.
>
> Dick Snyder
There is a special tool called a knife or an even more specialized tool
called a chisel....
Dick Snyder wrote:
> I am making a stand alone kitchen pantry for my daughter and
> son-in-law out of oak plywood. I plan to dress the visible edges with
> strips of 1/8" solid oak. For those of you who have done this before,
> do you butt the oak trim at the corners or do you miter it?
Depends. If it is something like a shelf where one doesn't see the
sides I butt. Come to think of it, I almost always butt even if the
sides *do* show.
--
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On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 08:56:57 -0500, "Dick Snyder"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I am making a stand alone kitchen pantry for my daughter and son-in-law out
>of oak plywood. I plan to dress the visible edges with strips of 1/8" solid
>oak. For those of you who have done this before, do you butt the oak trim at
>the corners or do you miter it? If you miter it, what do you make the cuts
>with? I have a hand miter box but the saw is still too coarse to cut
>something that thin. I guess I could make a 45 degree cut on a wide board
>and then cut off the 1/8" strips if it is worth the trouble because mitered
>corners look that much better than butting the edges. What do you think?
>
>TIA.
>
>Dick Snyder
>
Miter the corners. Something that thin needs a fine-toothed saw blade
such as a dovetail saw--even a hacksaw might work well. One-eighth
inch is a bit narrow--I'd use 1/4" thick or more. You can also back
the strips up with scrap for more support while cutting. Best tool is
be a miter slicer, the kind used in making picture frames.