Easy solution for cutting the horn panels on the WH10

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Easy solution for cutting the horn panels on the WH10

#1 Post by Bruce Weldy »

I’d heard that the Wedgehorn10s were a tough build. After cracking open the plans I could see why. The horn side panels are beveled on 3 sides while angled on two. It’s the two angled sides that require a compound miter cut.

At first look, I thought I was going to have to use a circular saw with crosscut sled. But, I really didn’t want to screw up my sled with the angled cuts and I abhor using a circular saw with a perfectly good table saw available. After cogitating a while, this solution worked really well and actually was very easy. I cut 6 side panels, 3 top panels, and 3 bottom panels in about 45 minutes.

First, make sure that you draw your panels as mirror images. You need the cut lines to show.

Since the front and back of the Side Panels are parallel, go ahead and make these cuts.

For the top and bottom of the side panels, use a piece of scrap plywood to serve as a sled. Set the blade to the proper angle. Line up your cut lines to the edge of the sled (you’ve already run this through the saw to make sure it is parallel to the fence). Take two scraps and tack them with a brad nailer snug up against the two edges with a half an inch or so hanging out over the edge.
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Move the fence over a little and run the sled through the saw so that you just cut the protrusions. This cuts the protrusions to proper angle.
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Now replace the panel and line it up to the edge of the protrusions. Make the same cut on all of the panels if you are building multiple cabs.
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Re: Easy solution for cutting the horn panels on the WH10

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Now for the mirror image panels, start the process over and run all of them. Notice the different orientation of the stops.
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Now use the same process for the other angle cut, doing first the 3 left panels, then resetting the sled and doing the right sides.

With a brad nailer and some scraps, this goes real quick. After three cuts, just pop ‘em off, chunk ‘em, and start with some new scraps. I used ¾” brads so they didn’t go in very far.

You can use this same process for the top and bottom panels too.

Here's what the side panels look like...
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Re: Easy solution for cutting the horn panels on the WH10

#3 Post by Bruce Weldy »

This same process works well for the side panels of the box. This way you get exactly the same cuts for all panels.....easier to square up that way :)
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And what the hell.....it's a great way to turn scraps into perfect braces...
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Re: Easy solution for cutting the horn panels on the WH10

#4 Post by Benj Ross »

Great pics Bruce. I did a real similar thing for mine. I am going to build something like this, only bigger soon and test it out.

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I have some of these clamps laying around from when I had a brief stint as a luthier, so I figure its worth a shot.

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Re: Easy solution for cutting the horn panels on the WH10

#5 Post by Rune Bivrin »

This is definitely one of those cases where the Festool or Makita sink saws win by a mile. :owned:

But a great contraption nevertheless, Bruce!
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#6 Post by LelandCrooks »

Very good. Similar to what I do with a sled for angle cuts, looks faster.
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#7 Post by Spoon »

Nice tip Bruce!
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#8 Post by mlkras »

that is some good thinking

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Re: Easy solution for cutting the horn panels on the WH10

#9 Post by mlkras »

Benj. I see the Dewalt portable saw in your picture. I have found mine to be an extremely good tool and capable of very precise work too. I hardly use my Ryobi B300 anymore.

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