What did you cut on your Shapeoko/ Nomad today?

Unfortunately, those links aren’t well-suited to the CNC, and most of them, if cut on a CNC would require a vertical fixture (I made one a while back for my SO3: Fixture for cutting vertical joints by WillAdams ) which is a bit fussy since it requires a minimum of 3 setups:

  • cut parts to length and machine any internal features
  • secure all 4 boards on the fixture, 2 horizontally, 2 vertically in alignment, and cut two corners
  • rotate all boards 180 degrees (in the correct orientation) and cut the other two corners

and have used it for:

Box joints:

Dovetails:

Knapp (Cove and Pin) joints:

@daveyJ There are a couple of joinery options which have been explored pretty thoroughly:

Rabbets (Rebates for our friends across the pond) are so easily done that they are termed “The Simple Box” in one video:

c.f.,

I’ve been exploring joinery for a while now, and one promising option is quarter or full-blind box joints:

see the gitbook above for a bit more on those.

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