I am going to make a slender (1 inch wide, 3/4 inch thick) frame for a
clock. I have a couple of ineloquent ways to make the 1 inch round,
but I am surprised at how tough this seems to be on the surface. I
would like to do it on the router table, but I would like to use the
bottom (flat) surface for reference. I would have to have an overhead
router or a multi-router for that (I think). Maybe some of you can
shake this out for me. Here is the sketch showing the round cross
section.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/eganders/octagonclocksketch3.gif
Ideas anyone?
Oleg Lego wrote:
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> Someone give him an escapement, or he'll just keep tocking and tocking
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I was all geared up to say *precisely* the same thing, but stopped when
I saw your post. Since, I've only been right on it about twice a day.
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>I am going to make a slender (1 inch wide, 3/4 inch thick) frame for a
> clock. I have a couple of ineloquent ways to make the 1 inch round,
> but I am surprised at how tough this seems to be on the surface. I
> would like to do it on the router table, but I would like to use the
> bottom (flat) surface for reference. I would have to have an overhead
> router or a multi-router for that (I think). Maybe some of you can
> shake this out for me. Here is the sketch showing the round cross
> section.
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/eganders/octagonclocksketch3.gif
>
> Ideas anyone?
>
Only the standard ones. You bullnose and rip. May require a bit of extra
thickness on the outfeed to support it properly, but 3M 77 and paper's
cheap, if you don't want to use your jointer. If you don't have a bullnose,
quarter round twice.
Overhead router still spins the bit vertically. No real gain. You'd need
a horizontal router....
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 07:58:45 -0500, Robatoy <[email protected]>
wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
> "eganders" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/eganders/octagonclocksketch3.gif
>
>It took me a second to look at the minute details of clock-making. It's
>a 'hands on' kind of hobby, eh? I could get all wound up over that.
>The key is to have the time?
>On the face of it, that hobby could drive me cuckoo.
>
>..somebody stop me...
Way too many hours free time here. You need a hobby. Try
woodworking.
P.S. the rout first, cut last on a wide board is of course the right
approach.
"eganders" wrote in message
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/eganders/octagonclocksketch3.gif
>
> Ideas anyone?
bullnose router bit:
http://routerbitworld.com/index.php/cPath/1430_1431_1558
The pictures should give you a couple of ideas to do it safely in a wider
piece, then ripping to dimension.
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In article <[email protected]>,
"eganders" <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/eganders/octagonclocksketch3.gif
Yup. Put that profile on the edge of a board, and rip it off on the TS
(turn it 90-degrees)
In article <[email protected]>,
"eganders" <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/eganders/octagonclocksketch3.gif
It took me a second to look at the minute details of clock-making. It's
a 'hands on' kind of hobby, eh? I could get all wound up over that.
The key is to have the time?
On the face of it, that hobby could drive me cuckoo.
..somebody stop me...
In article <[email protected]>,
Oleg Lego <[email protected]> wrote:
> The Swingman entity posted thusly:
>
> >"Robatoy" wrote in message
> >
> >> ..somebody stop me...
> >
> >You'll eventually run down ...
>
> Someone give him an escapement, or he'll just keep tocking and tocking
> and ...
ouch