Does anyone have any tips on how to speed up the cutting of braces? The way I do it now is I layout my cuts, use my 7 1/4" circular saw to remove as much as I can and then finish up with a chisel. Mostly I use 3"x5" stock. I read somewhere once that you can use a 12" mitre saw but other than cutting the brace to length and nipping off the corners I can't see how it would help with the cutting of the tenon. I don't own a radial arm saw but I could see how it would be a big help - set a dado blade up 1.5" rotate to 45 deg. and there you go. How do you guys do your braces?
