Seth Clayton Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 Hi all! I'm itching to do SOMETHING with wood while I'm away from the shop for the winter, so I decided to make some simple saddle racks. Where the leg braces overlap the legs, what do you call those joints? Lap joints? I'm limited in the tools that I travel with to make those. I picked up a few chisels at lowes () and I was planning to do it by hand. The only other tools I have with me are a jig saw and my new track saw. Is there a better way than the chisels? I picked up a 2"-er and a couple small ones. The racks will be made out of 1"x3" everywhere. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonPacific Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 6 minutes ago, Seth Clayton said: Where the leg braces overlap the legs, what do you call those joints? Lap joints? I'm limited in the tools that I travel with to make those. I picked up a few chisels at lowes () and I was planning to do it by hand. The only other tools I have with me are a jig saw and my new track saw. Is there a better way than the chisels? I picked up a 2"-er and a couple small ones. The racks will be made out of 1"x3" everywhere. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yeah, those look like lap joints. If you want to make a really exact notch/dado, you could make yourself a poor mans router plane with a drill and chunk of flat lumber. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 I would line up the pieces for several joints and cut the sides plus a few in the middle of each joint at the same timewith your tracksaw . Double face tape could hold the boards from shifting while you cut the saw kerfs. Another suggestion would be to only cut 1/4" deep laps so that there is more wood left. Use a glue that is gap filling like epoxy so if the bottom of your joints aren't nice and flat it shouldn't matter too much. A few screws could be substituted if you don't have any clamps handy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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