adkinsjd Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 I am making a planter from some plans in Wood magazine. Here is the current state: The next step is to attach a frame around the top. The first piece of the frame is the piece that is currently sitting on top of the planter. In this close up shot, you can see that the face rails are proud of the side molding. I need to get these flush so that I can get the frame to sit on top of them. Any ideas on how to get these flush? I don't have any hand planes. I'm thinking about clamping a board to the side and using a pattern bit in the router. I could also rabbit the back of the frame to sit over the proud parts, but that would leave the back part of the frame only about an eighth of an inch thick. I thought I would check to see if anyone else had any ideas for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechwood Chip Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 What tools do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick2cd Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 my first thought is to clamp a board in place that fits nice and tight between the two vertical ends and use a flush trim bit to cut away the excess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adkinsjd Posted December 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 router (fixed to the table, but I think I have the handles for it somewhere), table saw, circular saw, chop saw, random orbit sander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfitz Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 What about adding a short piece of trim around the planter, that sits on top of those vertical pieces, to give a flat surface for the top frame? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adkinsjd Posted December 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 I hadn't thought of that. That may just work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckkisser Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 plus the trim would give it a decorative look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmason Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 I see 2 possibilities. One would be to temporarily attach a board lengthwise between the 2 corner pieces and then run a contractors saw along that edge to make it flush. The other is to pop a chalk line between the corners and cut to the line with a hand saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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