Comments on: Rack Building Basics — 90 degree miter

By: Alex Wetmore

Alex Wetmore — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 17:49:44 +0000

I wonder if that is why Nicholson doesn”t list the diameter of the file in their materials. Perhaps there is enough variation. Both of my 12″ round files have been close enough to 3/8″ to work well for me.

By: wackor

wackor — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:46:32 +0000

hi,

I bought a 12″ Nicholson bastard file to make my racks. But I wonder my file diameter isn”t 3/8 inch, but about 7/16 inch. Interesting…

By: AlexWetmore

AlexWetmore — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:29:37 +0000

I have a entry planned on how to pick tubing sizes. I want to do some more research into it before just offering up what I use.

To get the miter at 90 degrees just takes checking as you go along. Another tricky thing is keeping miters at two ends of a stay parallel with each other. Last night I took some photos that show how to do this, and they”ll appear in the next entry.

By: Jim G

Jim G — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:18:11 +0000

Any tips for keeping the file square to ensure that the final miter is exactly 90 degrees?

Any recommendations on tubing sources? And when to use what diameter for what rack part(s) — 3/8inch everywhere, or do you use a mix of sizes?

Thanks also about the file-diameter tip (12inch round file for 3/8inch dia, 8inch round file for 1/4inch) — I didn”t know that!