Cutting mitres without a chop saw or box! Who else has tried it

[jackal]

A little trick on cutting mitres that my late father showed me but I'm curious if anyone else has had a go?
Made a little video on cutting a mitre without a mitre box trick. Have you tried this?

 

[toolsntat]

A little trick on cutting mitres that my late father showed me but I'm curious if anyone else has had a go?
Made a little video on cutting a mitre without a mitre box trick. Have you tried this?

Often and the same principle for a 90°
Thanks for highlighting it for those that don't know.
Cheers Andy

 

[jackal]

Often and the same principle for a 90°
Thanks for highlighting it for those that don't know.
Cheers Andy

Thanks, Andy. A bit of fun too to surprise the friends how great you are

 

[toolsntat]

There's another reflection trick I use but less often needed for most.
If you want an idea of how flat a plane sole is sight along it at a low angle towards something that looks straight.
Even if what you are sighting is not 100% you will be able to detect a distortion of the sole in the reflection.
Cheers Andy

 

[jackal]

There's another reflection trick I use but less often needed for most.
If you want an idea of how flat a plane sole is sight along it at a low angle towards something that looks straight.
Even if what you are sighting is not 100% you will be able to detect a distortion of the sole in the reflection.
Cheers Andy

Cool, I'll give that a go with my No7

 

[toolsntat]

Cool, I'll give that a go with my No7

Hope this doesn't end in tears....
What does often show on a fair few planes is a dip just around the mouth, which is not necessarily a problem.
Cheers Andy

 

[Cabinetman]

Nice, once I had translated his accent lol. Quite a character

 

[Cabinetman]

The dip around the mouth on a plane as I understand it, is caused by the factory flattening the sole of the plane on a linisher and the abrasive belt flips up slightly into the mouth. But sorry Andy it actually is a problem when it’s the area in front of the mouth, that’s the important area you need that to hold the wood down for the blade and the chipbreaker to do their job properly.
That was how it was explained to us when I arrived at teacher training college in the 70s, all our Stanley Bailey castings were sent back by the college to be surface ground by Stanley. Ian

 

[toolsntat]

Yep, fair play to ya chap.
Perhaps dip was a bad choice of words for my analogy....
Slight "waver" in the reflection might be better suited.
Cheers Andy

 

[jackal]

Nice, once I had translated his accent lol. Quite a character

'YAY' I'm a Character from Norfolk UK yet residing in France cheers bud I'm happy with that

 

[jackal]

Yep, fair play to ya chap.
Perhaps dip was a bad choice of words for my analogy....
Slight "waver" in the reflection might be better suited.
Cheers Andy

I've been called worse but life is good with my dippy plane!

 

[jackal]

The dip around the mouth on a plane as I understand it, is caused by the factory flattening the sole of the plane on a linisher and the abrasive belt flips up slightly into the mouth. But sorry Andy it actually is a problem when it’s the area in front of the mouth, that’s the important area you need that to hold the wood down for the blade and the chip breaker to do their job properly.
That was how it was explained to us when I arrived at teacher training college in the 70s, all our Stanley Bailey castings were sent back by the college to be surface ground by Stanley. Ian

I use Stanley Bailey and my Stanley No7 and its Clifton iron is my best bud. I find the linisher problem interesting as mine had a dip which I got out with a coarse diamond sharpener and a lot of effort.

 

[jackal]

Nice, once I had translated his accent lol. Quite a character

A bit nutty in Lockdown but I got bored because I couldn't"t get any wood so I made a mini film Lockdown my movie!!!

 

[Cabinetman]

Apologies, I hadn’t realised that was you in the first video but I stand by it quite a character ha ha loved the video and yes I did sit all the way through it, and I thought I was a bit barking! hilarious I’m still laughing now. Ian
Lovely set up you’ve got there in France

 

[Droogs]

loved it very brave garden shots

 

[islayhawk]

Why use a reflection when cutting mitres when you can use the saw handle.

 

[Droogs]

you might not have a pencil

 

[islayhawk]

Well use a nail.

 

[Droogs]

I bite mine

Yeah I'll get me

 

[islayhawk]

Ha ha ha - well take off a boot and use a toe nail. I bite my finger nails aswell