Porter-Cable 4212 - Manual (Page 19)

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Fig. 28B
Fig. 28A
Fig. 28C
MITERING THE TAILS
On the inside surface, use a square and pencil to draw a line from the base of the tails to the edge where
the miter will be cut (Fig. 29A).
Set the table saw blade so that the height of cut of the saw blade is the same as the thickness of the
mitered half-pin.
Use a table saw with the miter gauge set to 45
° to miter the tails. You will need to make several passes
to cut out the material (Fig. 29B).
NOTE: A dado head could be used to make this cut in one pass.
Step 1 -
Step 2 -
Step 3 -
FITTING THE JOINT
You may need to trim the miter cuts by hand for a good fit. Files, chisels, shoulder planes, and rabbet planes work
well. Otherwise, adjust the tightness of the joint the same as you would for a normal through dovetail.
Fig. 29A Fig. 29B Fig. 29C
THROUGH-DOVETAIL, SKIPPED-PIN METHOD
This method is very similar to cutting standard through- dovetails (Fig. 30A).
CUTTING THE TAILS
Fig. 30A
Cut the tails as normal, except do not cut into the areas where you do not want a pin to appear.
Fig. 31A