This bunny lives under the shed. His/her great great great (great?) grandmother moved into the garden a long time ago, when I removed the grass and put in garden beds. I put up a fence around the garden area to keep the bunnies out, and she figured out that was the safest place to have a litter of bunnies (inside the fence), and they have lived here since. The family used to sit outside with the last dog, but they know to steer clear of the new dog (who is unpredictable when it comes to rabbit chasing).
The doors were cabinet doors for a dresser, I broke the corners to get out the wood, and inserted plexiglass inside. The corner breaking process was ugly, but it worked for this project: I suspect just cutting the corners apart with a table saw would be cleaner. Earlier.photo here. #diy#carpentry
@ai6yr Awkward to be sure. Just out of curiosity did you try cutting the joint with a utility knife. It would be a real pain, but you wouldn’t lose any material like you would have with a sawblade
@SteveInVentura It was pretty well glued all the way through, and it had dowels going both ways (also glued). I attempted to use a utility knife, but ended up using a Japanese saw on one of them all the way through the joint (which was cleaner than the break). I saw a few suggestions on steaming or soaking the joint to dissolve the glue first, and that might have helped, too.
@SteveInVentura My favorite for building boxes, as you can nail stuff together and trim pieces in place to fit exactly as you go (double edged, thin saw), versus pre-planning exact sizes, etc. (maybe lazier, LOL).
@ai6yr How you best separate a miter joint on a door front or picture frame depends a lot on the joinery. Most modern factory construction has glued in biscuits.
@EugestShirley Yes, that was the case here... My attempts to separate did not go very well. If I ever have to do this again, may try soaking it to soften up the glue.
@ai6yr You may already own a handy garment steamer. A pot of steaming water inside a hanging tarp works well too. They also work to get off label residue. And, of course, de-wrinkle clothes.
@EugestShirley Thanks! I'll try that next time for sure, this attempt did not go as well as I hoped (but, if you don't try it, you don't learn what went wrong!)
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