Quick and easy Angle Jig for cutting mitered corners on panels...possible solution.

[Tiprin Lujan]

Hi everyone, I'll be building my first hexayurt this year, an H12. I was hoping to miter the panels to eliminate some of the sunlight gaps that are caused by Danger hinges. I'd love your opinion on this jig I made up.  I have two different blocks, one cut at 15 deg and one at 30 deg.  The idea is to screw this long razor blade onto the block and use that as a angle cutting jig.  The back of the block is straight and flat so I can clamp a guide fence to the panel for a straight cut.  What do ya think?

[Vladimir Khodel]

Looks good, I would make it longer since panels are not that smooth and not that uniform in thickness in my experience. Also for thick panels you might want a way to go halfway in depth first to reduce the force needed.

Good luck!

Vladimir

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[Vladimir Khodel]

I did 60 degrees everywhere ie beveled top of the walls in as well. Foam does not like being cut at sharp angles, so 30 degree may not   come out well...

On Jun 17, 2014 8:23 AM, "Tiprin Lujan" <tluja...@gmail.com> wrote:

Great! Thanks for the advice.  I just want to confirm before making cuts. I plan on cutting the angles below.  I'm not too sure about the walls, which I plan on cutting at 60deg on each 4'side. 

[Vladimir Khodel]

And this is my BFD mod with its cut list which has all possible cuts for a stretch yurt with a large vertical wall for a full size door:

http://www.appropedia.org/BFD_mod

(I do call 60 degree cut a "30 degree" and use "15 degree" for the roof piramid).

Cheers,

Vladimir