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Summary: The plywood bottom of a finger joint box should fit tightly. Learn how to fit the bottom of a finger joint box in this free woodworking video.
Michael is a musician, artist, and woodworker in Austin, TX. He has been designing and building furniture for 25 years. He received his training in restoration at the nationally...read more
"Alright I've gone around uh, to all four corners and squared them up and cleaned them up pretty good. I want to get little pieces of junk out and I cut a piece of uh, quarter inch Luon. This is a very thin plywood and I cut it to the same size as this so we're going to go ahead and just uh pop it in the bottom. It should fit real tight, there you go, you'll probably have uh, little bits of variations around here. It's not real critical uh, sometimes you know just adjust, adjustments of height and the way you hold the router and things like that will affect how this cut is made. I cut this bottom free hand on a band saw so the edges aren't as straight as they would be if you cut it on a table saw but it still fits ok and it's the bottom so that's what it looks like from the inside."
eHow Article: Fitting the Bottom of a Finger Joint Box
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