Length-ways bevel cut

[bluepowerade]

Hi there, I am wondering if anyone has advice on how i would go about cutting a 45 degree angled bevel on an edge of a 12mm thick x 32mm wide x 150mm long piece of wood. Thanks.

EDIT: I am without a table saw and jigsaws tilt does not reach 45mm.

 

[paulrockliffe]

I would stick it through the router table with a bearing guided 45 degree cutter. You could also use a tablesaw, but the angle is harder to get exactly 45. Same with a bandsaw. Depends what tools have you got?

 

[bluepowerade]

Hi, would a mitre saw do the job? I have a plunge router no table.. thanks for the suggestions.

 

[PAC1]

A hand plane

 

[CHJ]

At 150mm long for a one-off I would just scribe a line 12mm in from the one edge and take it down with a hand plane, using the scribed line as a guide, just a couple of minutes work.

 

[AndyT]

+1 for hand plane.

 

[Paul Chapman]

+1 for hand plane.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Steve Maskery]

This is the perfect job for a bevel shooting board.

 

[dzj]

If you're not comfortable using a hand plane, your plunge router can easily be fashioned into
a simple router table.

http://www.startwoodworking.com/post/ho ... uter-table

A 45 deg bit without bearing, just with the fence, would be adequate.

 

[Racers]

Mark it, hack off most of the waste with an axe or draw knife or a chisel and plane to the line.

Pete

 

[blackrodd]

A nice, well sharpened hand plane would be best for you're job, I would say and some decent straight grained timber.
Mark the bevel side with a marking gauge,and plane down to the line, How many do you need?
Regards Rodders

 

[byrnsey]

Circular saw?

 

[blackrodd]

Circular saw?

Op says he doesn't have a bench or circular saw!
Regards Rodders

 

[Steve Maskery]

Even if he had, he couldn't use it on something only150mm long, it would be far too dangerous.

 

[Benchwayze]

This is the perfect job for a bevel shooting board.

+1 ....
Only you might need to make one: Which means you could need a bevel-edged shooting board to work the latitudinal (big word!) 45 degree edge on the board! :lol:
Rather like needing a workbench to make a workbench!

You can buy triangular section moulding of course, which might be all that's required. :?

HTH
John

 

[PAC1]

The thing I like about this forum is that someone will come up with a truly innovative way of doing things. However on this occasion we seem to be losing the plot big time. The OP asked how to put a bevel on the edge of a piece of wood 6 inches long. We have had several machine suggestions that are frankly dangerous with such a short length of wood. We also have a suggestion to make a shooting board. Why on this occasion are we making a one minute job with a hand plane so difficult?

 

[Benchwayze]

If the piece I wanted to bevel was too short for safe machining, (and I really wanted to machine) then I would run a safer, longer piece through the saw/router, and cut off what's needed. That occurs to me because I have 'done it before'.

I also don't forget the 'terror' a novice might feel when contemplating a 45 degree planing job; especially as said novice might also have problems sharpening tools. Isn't this why the OP asked in the first place? He clearly wants a method that will ensure an accurate job without hassle.

I hope he gets some kind of an answer. :wink:

I didn't 'suggest' he make a shooting board. I pointed out that if he didn't have one, he'd need one, in order to to make one! (hammer)

 

[paulrockliffe]

And I didn't say he should use a router, I said that's how I would do it. It's perfectly feasible to pass a short piece through the router safely, either with a holding jig or with a fence and push sticks.

The OP said what he didn't have, though that was added after I replied, but didn't say what he did have, so all suggestions were a bit of guess work rather than definitive solutions. The 'right' way to do it depends a lot on how accurate the OP needs it to be as well as what tools he has and how well he can use them.

 

[CHJ]

Don't think the OP is desperate for a solution or has already done the job.

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[bluepowerade]

Hi, sorry for late reply thanks for all suggestions, i have used a hand plane and seen more than adequate results. Thanks.