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Title: Do you have to cut the wood at angles for it to fit??
Post by: eggedd2k on May 31, 2005, 09:54:35 am

i'm just about to start cutting the wood for the control panel section of my cabinet.

this might sound like a daft question but how do you fit the wood together so there's no gaps at the edges? do you have to cut it at 45 degree angles? the bit i'm talking about is say the join between the top part of the control panel box and the front part of it.

Title: Re: Do you have to cut the wood at angles for it to fit??
Post by: conseit68 on May 31, 2005, 10:35:02 am

it all depends on how your control panels final look will be...if you have any angles or slants at all then more than likely you will need to cut angles. the "normal" rule to cutting angles is the sum of the angles cut should equal the angle that your tring to achieve.

crude example:

board 1 is the front of your cp...
board 2 is the top of your cp...
you want the finshed angle to be at 90 degrees
cut both boards 1 and 2 at a 45 degree angle for a finshed look with no edges showning...

***also make sure your cuts are straight this will eliminate gaps

hope this helps...
 

Title: Re: Do you have to cut the wood at angles for it to fit??
Post by: eggedd2k on May 31, 2005, 11:29:10 am

i think i see what you mean. how has the guy on this site done his - can you tell??:

http://www.johnandkristie.com/archives/2003/12/the_centipede.html

Title: Re: Do you have to cut the wood at angles for it to fit??
Post by: AlanS17 on May 31, 2005, 12:21:40 pm

Where the top and front of his control panel meet, it looks like he just joined it, sealed it, and sanded it. It doesn't look like he worried about 45 degree angels. The only angle he had to worry about was the cut to make the 2 boards sit flush together, but that's an angle for a totally different reason. It's hard to tell from the pictures, though. I didn't see any really close-up shots.

Title: Re: Do you have to cut the wood at angles for it to fit??
Post by: Veinman on May 31, 2005, 12:28:52 pm

Angles on my cab were done either with a jointer or a mitre saw. You also need an angle finder in order to set these tools to the right angle for your cuts.

You can see pictures of all of that in my construction page: http://www.hotseatgames.com/cabinet

Title: Re: Do you have to cut the wood at angles for it to fit??
Post by: SirPoonga on May 31, 2005, 02:26:26 pm

depends on your goals.

My cabinet, for example doesn't look to bad.  If these pics don't link goto my WWW and surf around on the finished and construction parts.

from the front since I hve the overhang on the cp you don;t see joints.  On the side I sanded the joints well after assembly and painted with a think paint.


http://free.hostdepartment.com//S/SirPoonga/images/y_con12.jpg
http://free.hostdepartment.com//S/SirPoonga/images/y_cab7.jpg
http://free.hostdepartment.com//S/SirPoonga/images/y_cab11.jpg

Title: Re: Do you have to cut the wood at angles for it to fit??
Post by: Avery on May 31, 2005, 04:30:24 pm

If you want to have, say a CP that rises at a 15

Title: Re: Do you have to cut the wood at angles for it to fit??
Post by: jcroach on May 31, 2005, 05:51:51 pm

That's a nice web site.  It may have inspiredme to get going on my contorl panel!

Quote from: eggedd2k on May 31, 2005, 11:29:10 am

i think i see what you mean. how has the guy on this site done his - can you tell??:

http://www.johnandkristie.com/archives/2003/12/the_centipede.html