How to cut beveled joints?

[benbernards]

Hi friends. I want to make a dice box with 45 degree beveled corners (instead of plain butt joints.) How could I cut that in a shapeoko – would i just draw a line between two pieces, and create a Toolpath with a 90 degree bit and set the depth to the stock thickness?

[Nessk (Kenneth)]

Hi Ben,

Yes that would work.
I know I have seen a thread on this forum, where a box was made with beveled joints by the use of a 90 degree V-bit but I can’t seem to find it again.

This is also a nice approach.
https://community.carbide3d.com/t/overengineered-box-for-the-endmills-i-dont-have-yet/429

Keep us posted

[themillertree (James H. Miller)]

I think this video would be a good resource.

[luc.onthego (Luc)]

Yes I have made the cubes in the video and using a 90deg Vbit works well on thin plywood, the joints are precise but I don’t know if you have wood thicker than 1/2in, will the joint be as precise.

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

I’ve been working on this from a slightly different perspective at:

Design into 3D: Boxes: Magazine storage

Next up is more boxes, this time for magazine storage — for my part I just cut open Fed Ex boxes: [WIN_20190912_14_02_59_Pro] But they’re not always available in a suitable size for typical magazines. There are a number of commercial options: So there is certainly precedent for wooden boxes — we’ll try for an inexpensive material, since this is going to be a fairly large project (sorry Nomad owners) — Luan Plywood is available at most home centers, usually as underlayment, a bit of care…

[benbernards]

Awesome, thanks man.

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

Or see:

Design into 3D miter box

And now for something a bit different — going to work out a miter box here…