Normally when I build a display case or even really nice frames etc. I use splined miter joints to enhance the strength and add to the beauty of the piece. Contrasting wood and good finish always makes for an attractive piece. What I have been thinking about is using biscuits in the mitered cuts of the corners. I have used biscuits many times for many different things but never in a corner joint. I have all the sizes so that will not be an issue. My question is this, have you used biscuits for 45's in 3/4 thick corners. I know they have to be spaced right, so any and all information would be helpful. Just thinking about breaking away from my normal and looking for any and all advice.

Thanks

Wayne

 

Wayne,

Try searching on Popular Woodworking's site.  They did a joint torture test and it had miters with biscuits as part of the test I believe.  They also had some tips on making the joints stronger.

Great question Wayne and good answer Randall. I was thinking of adding some picture frames to my stuff, so this will be worth checking out. Thanks again.

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Bob Kloes
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Bob

Just exploring some options as I go. Sometime they don't want to see aother contrasting wood embelish something. Was looking for input maybe I should just do this and create a blog about the process.

 

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Wayne [bR] God Bless our Troops and Protect them.

Biscuits don't do it for me . Your spline idea is good - carry it further and use lots of splines , sort of . Tooling is made to do this . Or you can stack spaced slot cutters to make box type joints . Or use one cutter head with sequential additional spacers . Groovy man ! Also dowels , screws , staples , Festool's Domino ,various proprietary metal joint inserts and on ...How many are you making , how fast , how strong ? Take a look at old fashion half lap joinery  !! A good question with lots of answers --

This is just options for a museam piece I am working on. Started thinking about different joints and thier properties. I have used splined miters going outside through the corners and blind splined joints encompassed inside the miters. Both look great when done propery but was looking for somethng hidden that added strenght and stability to the corner miters of the ase ad doors. Ron your suggestion and photos indicate a great strong joint for cabinetry construction but for a case with matching doors would be hard to do especially working with thinner material. 3/4" Stiles and Rails. I am going to tackle this tomoorrow since I am off work and will let you guys know what I deided to go with.

Thank for the input and opinions.

 

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Wayne
God Bless our Troops and Protect them.