Archive › April, 2014

Mitre Maker project: A document tray

The 50mm straight cutter option for the Mitre Maker opens up a wide range of possibilities for making things other than picture frames. In this post, we show how to make a simple document tray on your router table using the Mitre Maker and a few other router bits and fence arrangements.   For this […]

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A simple jig for dimensioning your timber

Not all of us are lucky enough to have a workshop with enough space for all the equipment necessary to properly prepare our timber. One important requirement for getting accurate mitres is to use straight timber, and if you are making your own frames this usually begins with a square or rectangular section of timber. […]

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Getting the full range from your T&G cutter

At Mitre Maker, we recently had the good fortune of having Neil Scobie of Bucca Creek Wood and Textiles (www.neilandlizscobie.com) put the Mitre Maker to the test. One point of constructive feedback we received from Neil was the very small amount of bearing that runs along the baseplate when using the tongue and groove cutter […]

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