hi all i am skinning a knee wall for a bar in 3/4 in birch the wall has a 5 degree pithc and two 45 degree turns i am wonder ing if you have any fail proof ways of waking these miters tight and also protecting theme from daily(nightly) damage
thanks noah
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I'm a fan of biscuiting joints that have to stay together. If you expect abuse, a good epoxy will make the joint stronger than the wood. I use West Systems for boat building and it's never failed me.
Tom
One thing I've noticed when going through houses open for inspection is that kitchen cabinets with solid timber edges seem to resist wear much much better than veneer. In your situation is a solid timber edge an option at the join? Wear would then be on solid wood rather than on the outside point of the mitre.
If this is a bar where damage is likely to be done, I would think there would not be any one who would care if you applied a solid wood corner guard.
Practical? Yes?
TDo not try this at home!
I am a trained professional!
One thing you might try--just cut the ply to the miter angle but not the bevel. Attach the panels however you want to--nailed on, glued on, screwed from the back; whatever. This will leave a triangular gap on the face, which you can easily fill with a ripped piece of matching hardwood which can either be sharp on the corners or rounded over. This should take the abuse better than mitered veneer.
Syd
If you're mitering birch ply corners for a bar, forget it. T's got it...plywood veneer can't hold up to even a bunch of wine drinkers! It's okay, I can fix it!
In a bar build it out of stainless steel. Be done with it. ;)
to the original question, rip ply to width, lay out the 5*across the width angle, set your skilsaw to 22.5*, clamp a straight 1X4 at the appropriate distance from the layout as a guide, saw. Think it out, lay it out and cut from the back - - beyond that, I agree with everyone else to do something other than ply mitre for the corners - a nice job of this and the edge could cut you - something rounded and solid would seem called for -
thank you to all those who responded i think in the future i will probobly let a solid piece of maple in to the corner
thanks again noah