I'm making a humidor for my dad and thought I had perfect cuts when I mitered the sides of the box. But I put it together and found that The short end of each side had an ever so slight fingernail profile such that you couldn't get the corners glued up well without a fairly noticeable gap at the top and bottom.
I was flummoxed. My saw blade and miter gauge were dead on. I figured I must have some wobble or something. I did some research and turns out that when you cut a beveled miter on a cupped board, you get that fingernail profile. So I checked my boards and sure enough, there was a slight (1/64 or1/32) sliver of light between my square and the board in the center!
I'm going to flatten them out and then recut the bevels. One more thing I will check going forward.
I was flummoxed. My saw blade and miter gauge were dead on. I figured I must have some wobble or something. I did some research and turns out that when you cut a beveled miter on a cupped board, you get that fingernail profile. So I checked my boards and sure enough, there was a slight (1/64 or1/32) sliver of light between my square and the board in the center!
I'm going to flatten them out and then recut the bevels. One more thing I will check going forward.