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Operations – cutting a box joint, Get ready – INCRA IBOX User Manual

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INCRA IBOX OWNER’S MANUAL

©2012 by Taylor Design Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

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OPERATIONS – CUTTING A BOX JOINT

Get ReADY…

1. PrepareYour Box-Making stock
You’ll want to begin by preparing your stock. You’ll need
one piece of scrap stock for a test cut. Mark one edge
of all 4 of the box boards. We’ve used a Sharpie for
clarity, but a pencil mark will work just fine,

Fig. 12.

2. Install Your Cutter or Blade of Choice
UNPLUG YOUR tABLe sAW OR ROUteR
tABLe
and install the blade or cutter of choice. At
the router table, a 2-flute standard straight bit will
work fine. At your table saw you can use a standard
stack dado, a reversible blade box joint set or a 1/8”
blade with either a flat ground raker tooth or one of
the custom ground box joint blades available,

Fig 13.

CAUtION:

DO NOt Use tHe IBOX

WItH WOBBLe DADO

sets OR tHIN KeRF 3/32”

sAW BLADes!
3. stock Ledges Apart, Pin Plates together

Bring the IBOX to your table. Loosen and slide the

blade guard to the side for a clear view. Also loosen

and slide both stock ledges away from the center of

fence to provide clearance during setup. Double check

to make sure that the pin plates are together. If you

need to adjust the pin plates, loosen the positioning

lock knob located on top of the fence and turn the red

knob counterclockwise to bring the pin plates together,

Fig. 14 and Detail 14A.

Whether you are cutting box joints at the table saw or the router table, the set up

routines are the same. We’ll detail the routines in this section with images from

the table saw, but be sure to review the included DVD to see both stations in action.

Fig. 12

Prepare stock

4 pieces for box with

reference line on one

edge

Scrap piece for test cut

Fig. 14

stock Ledges Apart, Pin Plates together

Slide blade guard to

the side

Slide stock ledges apart

to provide clearance in

the center

Fig. 13

Blade types

Detail 14A

Pin plates

together

Standard Stack Dado Set

Reversible Blade

Box Joint Set

Special Grind Box Joint

Blade

2-Flute Straight Bit