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Grasshopper:
I'm facing the same dilemma as I also want to build a panel sloped at an angle.
I think I've found a solution but I haven't tried it yet.
It's very hard to explain without a picture. However what I think you need to do is keep the edges of the back and front sides of you panel at 90 degrees but cut two parallel channels on the underside of your panel angled at 15 degrees. The front and back panels then fit into their respective channels.
This can be done with a router. You clamp two parallel straight pieces of wood to the underside of the panel. One of the pieces is used to guide the router in a straight line, and the other one is used to life the router up at an angle. I'll attempt to draw a picture of what I mean!
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The "#"s are the two pieces of wood. The "\"s are the base of the router, and the "/"s are the router bit. The picture will probably need to be viewed with a monospaced font.
Hope this helps.
Xphile:
--- Quote from: shmokes on March 02, 2003, 04:25:11 pm ---Hmm...I've very little woodworking experience, but I must be going about this the wrong way cos what I'm talking about should be really common. The edges I want to cut are for the front and back walls of my control panel. The top surface will be angled downward 15 degrees and I want it to sit flush on top of all the walls. I feel like I'm missing something that should be obvious.
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explaining what you need to do makes this *so* much easier... :D
you want your CP's top to angle down towards you at 15 degrees, so your front and back have to be 15 degrees off a normal edge's right angle (or 90 degrees)... you just set your table saw at 15 degrees and cut your front and back's top edge. or set your straight edge and clamps up on your front/back pieces, angle your skilsaw deck to 15 degrees, and make your cut.. easy as pie..:-)
Wienerdog:
Can we delete this thread and start over? lol, if you don't have a tablesaw, you can set the blade on a circular saw to make this cut.