On Jun 29, 6:54 pm, Mr Downtown <"Mr Downtown"> wrote:
> I'm planning to use some Neatform Bendy MDF to create a short curved
> wall in my apartment. What tool would I use to put a 45-degree edge on
> the back side all along an 8-foot panel?
if this bevel is supposed to fit up to an existing wall I'd use a
block plane and scribe it in. it'll dull the plane blade, but they
aren't to big a deal to sharpen. your wall is probably not perfectly
flat.
On Jun 29, 8:54=A0pm, Mr Downtown <"Mr Downtown"> wrote:
> I'm planning to use some Neatform Bendy MDF to create a short curved
> wall in my apartment. =A0What tool would I use to put a 45-degree edge on
> the back side all along an 8-foot panel?
I've read the other replies and all will work. I'm somewhat of a
newbie, even though I've complete some fairly major projects, and I
think the router approach would be the easiest (read: require less
skill) than the others. JMHO
Tom
Router bit with 45 degree bevel?
Table saw with blade at 45 degrees?
dick
"Mr Downtown" <"Mr Downtown"> wrote in message
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> I'm planning to use some Neatform Bendy MDF to create a short curved wall
> in my apartment. What tool would I use to put a 45-degree edge on the
> back side all along an 8-foot panel?
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:13:45 -0400, Phisherman <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:54:36 -0500, Mr Downtown <"Mr Downtown"> wrote:
>
>>I'm planning to use some Neatform Bendy MDF to create a short curved
>>wall in my apartment. What tool would I use to put a 45-degree edge on
>>the back side all along an 8-foot panel?
>
>
>It can easily be done with a small circular saw and straightedge or a
>table saw.
Unless you have a good table saw with infeed and outfeed tables, I'd
go with the circular saw and straight edge. I've had very good
results with this method using a sharp fine toothed blade.
Bill
"Mr Downtown" <"Mr Downtown"> wrote in message
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> I'm planning to use some Neatform Bendy MDF to create a short curved wall
> in my apartment. What tool would I use to put a 45-degree edge on the
> back side all along an 8-foot panel?
You will probably get a smoother edge if you use a router and the
appropriate bit, a Table Saw will do work also.
Mr Downtown" <"Mr Downtown wrote:
> Thanks. My brother-in-law felt a router would chew up the MDF and
> not
> leave a smooth edge.
>
> Would you use it sort of like a saw, routing an inch from the edge
> so
> there would be some dropoff? Or set the straightedge so I'm only
> taking off the minimum of material?
General rule, saw to approximate dimension, then use the router and a
template to get it exact with a clean edge. If you're going to saw
with the router (nothing wrong with doing that by the way, that's
_exactly_ what a Rotozip is, a router set up for sawing), cut oversize
then make a finishing pass.
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On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:54:36 -0500, Mr Downtown <"Mr Downtown"> wrote:
>I'm planning to use some Neatform Bendy MDF to create a short curved
>wall in my apartment. What tool would I use to put a 45-degree edge on
>the back side all along an 8-foot panel?
It can easily be done with a small circular saw and straightedge or a
table saw.