Over the past two weekends, at least Labor Day and all this weekend I have been working on completing a commission that I got a while ago. They will be two cages for Bearded Dragons on cabinet stands. I have completed the cage part sans the finishing (and assembly of the second one) The wood is QSRO from Jeff, and Red Oak ply from the BORG oops two of the side panels will have removal glass inserts that can be replaced with screens, and the front will have bi-pass sliding glass doors. The bottom will be covered in a laminate, and the top will be hinged to accommodate the heat and special spectrum lighting they need to thrive.
I am rather proud of how this joint came out. Thanks to Bruce for the suggestion on how I could use pocket screws to do it. And thanks to the little jig that I whipped up to help hold the pieces while assembling with the pocket screws. I think that this is a better way of making the 45º angle joint than a straight miter joint, and easier to.
I've used several types of joinery in this project from the above mentioned pocket screws, to biscuits, and groove and stub tenon. I have found that despite being the more time consuming joint, the more traditional groove and stub tenon is a far more precise joinery method than the others. With both the pocket screws and biscuits I had slight discrepancies in the fit and alignment, but the groove and stub tenon joints were dead on.
Dave
I am rather proud of how this joint came out. Thanks to Bruce for the suggestion on how I could use pocket screws to do it. And thanks to the little jig that I whipped up to help hold the pieces while assembling with the pocket screws. I think that this is a better way of making the 45º angle joint than a straight miter joint, and easier to.
I've used several types of joinery in this project from the above mentioned pocket screws, to biscuits, and groove and stub tenon. I have found that despite being the more time consuming joint, the more traditional groove and stub tenon is a far more precise joinery method than the others. With both the pocket screws and biscuits I had slight discrepancies in the fit and alignment, but the groove and stub tenon joints were dead on.
Dave