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quakerboy

(14,289 posts)
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 03:31 AM Jan 2012

Making a shelf [View all]

So, I am in the process of making a shelf that extends out both ways from a corner.

I reasoned that, if the corner were 90 degrees, I could cut one board at 45 degrees, flip one side, and the pieces would match and fit into the corner.

So when the actual angle was 95, figured I should cut it at 47.5 degrees.

This did not work out. The back corner is in the right spot, but at the front of the shelf, they overlap.

What did I do wrong?

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Making a shelf [View all] quakerboy Jan 2012 OP
How did you come up with 95 degrees?? Angry Dragon Jan 2012 #1
I was hopeing they were square quakerboy Jan 2012 #2
Are yer us'en a hand saw or a electric compound Wash. state Desk Jet Jan 2012 #3
Hand Saw quakerboy Jan 2012 #10
Doesn't work that way. jeff47 Jan 2012 #5
Try it with a piece of paper. quakerboy Jan 2012 #9
Well, one of us has shelves that didn't come together. jeff47 Jan 2012 #12
Because my shelves come together at an angle that is not 90 degrees quakerboy Jan 2012 #14
Walls are never perfect. jeff47 Jan 2012 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Jan 2012 #6
It is quite possible to make more than one cut jeff47 Jan 2012 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Jan 2012 #8
I don't have to. I do it with wood. jeff47 Jan 2012 #11
This. Adsos Letter Jan 2012 #13
! Wash. state Desk Jet Jan 2012 #15
Ive a few thoughts. quakerboy Jan 2012 #16
My goodness ! Wash. state Desk Jet Jan 2012 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Jan 2012 #18
Not here quakerboy Jan 2012 #19
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