I'm building a console shelf that has mitered corners, it's made from 8/4 hard maple, each board is 1 3/4 x 10", I'll use hidden splines in final glue up. But I'm having a hell of a time getting these miters to match up nicely.
I originally cut the miters on a miter saw because they were too cumbersome for the table saw. This left pretty rough miters, so I used a low angle block plane to try and clean them up. This helped, but some were real bad. So I sort of rigged it up on the table saw and clamped it down real good and shaved a little off - this was an improvement, but still.. not perfect. You can see I made a little sled to ride my plane against at a 45... this is OK, but the wood is thick it's difficult - probably a jack plane would be better, but I don't have one (yet).
Any suggestions on what process you would take to get these perfect? Would you just keep at it w/ the planes, fitting it often? I have a Japanese combination square I'm using to check the angles, but with the edge being so big, any tiny variation on the inside and the miters are off.. Really appreciate any tips!
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