![]() Setting up a dado blade for a small job like this doesn’t make too much sense to me.Ī test fit confirms a few things. I cut the rabbets with two cuts on the table saw instead of using the dado blade. After these are cut the sides are cut to their final length on my 45 degree crosscut sled.Īnd with the dados cut to their final size I could use them as references to cut the rabbets on the top and bottom panels. One for the floating bottom panel and one for the sliding top panel. The first step was to cut everything slightly over-sized and get a visual at how this would go together.Īll of the side pieces will get two dados. I say it every time but it’s a shame this wood would have been rotting away in a land fill right now. The headboard yielded some great knot free and straight grain wood. The splines will be from green poplar from a mattress. I’m not exactly sure what material it is but it feels harder than poplar. The main material used for this box will be from an old headboard. I also wanted to use up some more of my salvaged wood stash. The design I came up with is basically a small decorative box with a sliding lid. I decided that not only would a two player Chinese Checkers board be more suited to my wife and I but it would also give me an opportunity to test out my new splined miter jig. After a random google images search I stumbled upon a homemade two player Chinese Checkers board. ![]() Generally it is SORRY but we have been known to wear out a Chinese Checkers set or two. ![]() My wife and I are addicted to board games. ![]()
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