I'm building an enclosure for an amp I just built and I have a question about recessing the top plate.
I used a rabbet bit to cut out a shelf for the top plate to sit on. The problem is that at the corners I have to pull the bit off the wood and it leaves a curve rather than a square end. Should I just chisel out the last little bit of wood or is there another, better looking way of doing it?
Bill Epstein Messages: 1088 Registered: May 2009 Location: Smoky Mts. USA
Illuminati (2nd Degree)
As you've discovered, if you cut the rabbet after gluing up the box you're left with the rounded corners. Just use 1/2" or bigger chisel to cut the square. Use the extra width of the flat edge to index against the already cut side of the rabbet. Alternate your cuts from one side of the corner to the other so as not to have a split.
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