tmoble
08-10-2005, 03:31 AM
Hi, new here but old everywhere else....
I want to build interior shutters for my house, those guys blew me out of the water with a quote. I have 4 5' x 8' windows, they wanted $1200 per, and there's a bunch of others 5' x 5' and 4' x 5'. Anyway, I have a near new TS3650 to work with along with a nice drill press. I have a homeowner grade router but no table.
Looks like poplar frames and basswood slats. A local wood vendor has the elliptical basswood slat stock for about $1/ft.
Question: I don't really have much experience with the TS, can I get good enough cuts with it or do I need to get a jointer? Local HD has Ridgid 6" jointer for $399. The 3650 has an new 80 tooth Freud thin kerf blade in it now. The project I bought it for involved panels of 3/4" birch plywood, cuts were pretty clean.
question: I'm thinking about using biscuit joints at the frame corners, have a couple decent clamps. does anybody think these would be strong enough? Or do I need to get into mortise and tenon joints?
I could buy a mortiser for my drill press, but like the idea of the alingment benefits with the biscuit joiner.
question: some of the nicer shutters I've seen have the edges of the frames beaded. Is there some kind of reasonably priced table accessory for the 3650? I looked at a couple mentioned in other posts here, but they push $300.
I'm looking at this nice shutter build write-up. (http://home.insightbb.com/~sepost/Shutters/shutters.html) , anybody see anything wrong with it?
Thanks to anyone who takes time to answer. I'm pretty impressed with quality of this board and the guys on it.
[ 08-10-2005, 03:59 AM: Message edited by: tmoble ]
I want to build interior shutters for my house, those guys blew me out of the water with a quote. I have 4 5' x 8' windows, they wanted $1200 per, and there's a bunch of others 5' x 5' and 4' x 5'. Anyway, I have a near new TS3650 to work with along with a nice drill press. I have a homeowner grade router but no table.
Looks like poplar frames and basswood slats. A local wood vendor has the elliptical basswood slat stock for about $1/ft.
Question: I don't really have much experience with the TS, can I get good enough cuts with it or do I need to get a jointer? Local HD has Ridgid 6" jointer for $399. The 3650 has an new 80 tooth Freud thin kerf blade in it now. The project I bought it for involved panels of 3/4" birch plywood, cuts were pretty clean.
question: I'm thinking about using biscuit joints at the frame corners, have a couple decent clamps. does anybody think these would be strong enough? Or do I need to get into mortise and tenon joints?
I could buy a mortiser for my drill press, but like the idea of the alingment benefits with the biscuit joiner.
question: some of the nicer shutters I've seen have the edges of the frames beaded. Is there some kind of reasonably priced table accessory for the 3650? I looked at a couple mentioned in other posts here, but they push $300.
I'm looking at this nice shutter build write-up. (http://home.insightbb.com/~sepost/Shutters/shutters.html) , anybody see anything wrong with it?
Thanks to anyone who takes time to answer. I'm pretty impressed with quality of this board and the guys on it.
[ 08-10-2005, 03:59 AM: Message edited by: tmoble ]