Corner Spline Jig

Steve Ash

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The jewelry boxes I made

http://familywoodworking.org/forums/showthread.php?p=12075#post12075

needed to have something to set off the corners so I thought I'd try my hand at corner splines, but first I needed a accurate and safe way to cut these using my crosscut sled.

Following are some pics of the pieces I needed and making it work.

I started off with 2 triangular pieces of 3/4 ply and a rectangular piece of 3/8"

I glued it up and nailed it together aligning it with my crosscut sled.

Next I made some lines on the sled to align me up for a left and a right cut.

Set the blade to a height to not cut through the inside of the box, and made my cuts on the right side first, flipped the box and made my cuts on the left side.

I cut the spline material simply by setting up the fence to the correct width and run it through.

Jig is simple, cheap, and works.
 

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