120 bevel

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Ed in Tampa
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120 bevel

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My wife wants a triangle base for a lamp she is building for a latest yet to be born grandchild. I needed a 60 degree bevel in both pieces of wood.

First I cut what I thought was right and ended up with 30 degree bevels and found I would need 6 sides :eek:

Then I tried using the SS tendoning jig to cut the 60 degree. That is when I found my Tendoning jig was not set up right, after using it for 15-20 years. The miter bar can be adjusted to the metal plate. WHO KNEW????? Fix that but even very fine tuned it still left a lot to be desired.

Finally I figure it would be easier to rip cut the 60 degree bevels in a 36 inch board and then cut the 3 12" pieces from it. Did that and it worked.
I set my table to 60 degrees and then using my rip fence placed the board vertically on the rip fence with bottom corner just be cut off by the blade.
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With the table tilted gravity held the board against the fence so it was actually easier to cut this bevel with a tilting table than it would be for a tilting arbor.

I really enjoyed playing with the tendoning jig, which I rarely do. Now thinking about past projects I think I now know what some of the joints were just slightly off. When I cut the bevel using the jig it was real noticable in fact I even cut a vertical to verify the problem with the jig and not my table trunnions that I have played around with in the past. It was the jig.
Ed in Tampa
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