Ha the hard part is getting all four corners to meet with some kinda jointery . Then glue the whole thing up without gaps in the corners.
It's far from a success making one corner.
I use my Bosch glide for compound miters .
Good Luck with a tablesaw
- Aj2
If it helps anyone, it s a win. Thanks guys
- therealSteveN
Did you make a tray with four corners?
- Aj2
Aj if that question is to me, yes I have made many a Butler tray, and hung miles of Crown moulding, and a few compound picture frames, so yes I have some familiarity with cutting compound angles. You seem to be hung up on doing it 4 times so they form a square, or a rectangle. So it's easy for you to do a corner, but not 4 of them, do I have that right? The answer is in being able to cut complimentary lengths, but that is true for much more mundane cuts to even make a box, that will square up. How to do that with a Compound cut on a TS, read on.
IF, a person wants to make a Butler tray, frame, or picture frame using compound joinery they need to make their guide stick as long, actually longer works better, than the longest piece they plan to make. So if a frame was to be 37", make your stick 40" You want that length so you can attach a stop. You know a "length limiter." Your first cut isn't much except nailing the compound cut, it is actually the next 3 that will be problematic if you don't get the length right. You can do this with making a mark, and measuring very carefully to the next mark. I believe in the video Matt was using the prior cuts through his fence to line up where his saw would cut. Using that is workable to always get close, exact, probably not. That would be just the same as making a mark, and trying to cut exactly to it, close a lot, maybe enough to think you are nailing it, but always with a margin of error.
Using a fence with a stop block, you can get dead nutz on it. You measure one time, maybe twice if you have a long piece, and a short, but on each, EVEN if you mess it up, all the parts will end up being complimentary length. For a picture frame, you can fudge what most are out. On a Butler tray, you may need another bottom, probably not if you are witty. The guy with a mark, or looking at a prior kerf to line up, they could get corners that don't touch so well, again complimentary lengths, but alas, they don't have em nailed.
Having a stop, I can't assist you further if you are unable to cut complimentary lengths with a compound angle at the end of each. Unless you give more information about the error you are getting.