I have a link to a sketch of a cove that I set into 3 sides of a flat
board. I was able to do it, but I had a devil of a time in the
crossgrain sides. I started to use a monocutting head on a tablesaw.
It worked fine cutting with the grain. The effort was anything but
smooth on cross grain sides. I finally used a router bit, but I was
just able to raise the bit high enough to get the radius I wanted. I
guess my question is: What is the best way to produce a large radius
"flute" in the middle of a board (say 1 inch or more in radius)?
The reason I ask the question in this way is that I might want to make
a very long overhang sometime with a radius well away from the edge of
a board (more overhang than shown).
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Doug Miller wrote:
>
> This could be cut on a table saw. The technique has been described here a
> couple of times, or you could look for a copy of "The Table Saw Book" by Kelly
> Mehler at your local bookstore or library.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
>
>
As soon as you started the sentence, I knew what you were going to say
and remembered the method. Yes, that is probably the best way, angle
the piece across the blade...I even made a jig for it and promptly
forgot! Thanks!
In article <[email protected]>, "eganders" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I have a link to a sketch of a cove that I set into 3 sides of a flat
>board. I was able to do it, but I had a devil of a time in the
>crossgrain sides. I started to use a monocutting head on a tablesaw.
>It worked fine cutting with the grain. The effort was anything but
>smooth on cross grain sides. I finally used a router bit, but I was
>just able to raise the bit high enough to get the radius I wanted. I
>guess my question is: What is the best way to produce a large radius
>"flute" in the middle of a board (say 1 inch or more in radius)?
>
>The reason I ask the question in this way is that I might want to make
>a very long overhang sometime with a radius well away from the edge of
>a board (more overhang than shown).
>
>http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/eganders/sweepingcove.gif
This could be cut on a table saw. The technique has been described here a
couple of times, or you could look for a copy of "The Table Saw Book" by Kelly
Mehler at your local bookstore or library.
--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.