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Summary: Rounding box joint edges makes the finger joint box look a little more interesting. Learn how to round box joint edges with a router 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
"Ok so far we have our finger joints a, cut a, they're square and they're flush. That's one style of doing it, now I want to show you a little variation that makes these a, joints a little bit more interesting and also will hide little inconsistencies in the fit which you're likely to get when you're making this out of this soft pine like I am. I've set my small router up with an eighth inch round over bit. That's going to, it's going to make a little round edge when I run this across the a, the wood here and I'll show you what that does. That rounds our fingers off a little bit; I'm going to do the same thing to this other. I'm just using a couple of scrap blocks to do this it's not going to be complete when I put it together but it'll show you."
eHow Article: Rounding Box Joint Edges with a Router
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