09-06-2019, 04:40 AM
(09-04-2019, 02:50 PM)Aram Wrote: Maybe this belongs in power tools, but I think the hand tools crowd will have the edge. You know the technique where you make a 6-sided box, then saw the top off? If you have done this on a bandsaw, how did you do it? One cut? Cut in from each each? A different method?
I'm sure if I get reasonably flat and even cuts, I can true up the top and bottom with hand planes. I've never tried this method, not sure the best way to get an even cut all the way through.
Thanks in advance.
Deeply knife two lines all the way around the box, the width between the lines should be slightly wider than the width of the kerf of the saw you plan to use. Saw the lid off, staying between the lines which should not be obliterated during sawing. When you're finished sawing, plane to the knifed lines just until they begin to crumble (don't go past), exactly like you would in lots of other woodworking operations. The lid has to fit perfectly.