pugdog
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May 16, 2007, 3:48 AM
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Picture frames, miters and a Miter trimmer
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I just got a new tool that I hope will live up to the promise.
One of the hardest things to do is make a perfect miter. The angles are always a little off, no matter what you do. The smaller the scale, the more even tiny differences are noticable.
To best explain what a miter trimmer does, is to send you to one of the manufacturer's sites.
http://www.lionmitertrimmer.com/demo.htm
The tool is over kill for miniature wood, but nothing else is out there. I've only made a few cuts with it, but already can see "perfect" is certainly the right word!
I hope to be offering custom miniature picture frames, as well as original photographic art for dollhouses.
In addition, the tool can be used for mitering the frames around doors and windows, and anything else needing a perfect 45 degree angle. (Other angles can be set, manually, but 90 and 45 degrees are presets).
A miniature version of this tool shouldn't be too hard to manufacture, and there are a variety of existing knife blades that would work. I know I've visualized this tool in my head, and was suprised that one actually existed, albeit on a HUGE scale compared to the micro trimmer I had in mind.
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