Shaper with two collars at my house.
Hedge your bet with the router by mounting a collar the same diameter as
your pilot if able.
"Norm Dresner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Dick Snyder" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > I am making a headboard. The top will be curved. There will be slats
that
> > want to fit into a groove in the top piece. How would you go about
cutting
> > the groove into that curved headboard?
> >
> Well ... the same way that porcupines make love: Carefully. Very
> Carefully.
>
> Seriously though, a router with a board clamped to the workpiece to act as
a
> guide is one good way.
>
> Norm
>
"Dick Snyder" wrote in message
> I am making a headboard. The top will be curved. There will be slats that
> want to fit into a groove in the top piece. How would you go about cutting
> the groove into that curved headboard?
My preference would be a slot cutting bit in a router table equipped with a
pin, and a couple of good push blocks. Make incremental cuts and vary the
bit height to get your width.
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"Dick Snyder" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am making a headboard. The top will be curved. There will be slats that
> want to fit into a groove in the top piece. How would you go about cutting
> the groove into that curved headboard?
>
Well ... the same way that porcupines make love: Carefully. Very
Carefully.
Seriously though, a router with a board clamped to the workpiece to act as a
guide is one good way.
Norm
You can make a pattern of the curve and clamp it in place and use a flush
cutting router bit with a bearing on the shank end. Once the pattern is
clamped to your work you run the router bit against the pattern to mill your
groove.
max
> I am making a headboard. The top will be curved. There will be slats that
> want to fit into a groove in the top piece. How would you go about cutting
> the groove into that curved headboard?
>
> TIA.
>
> Dick Snyder
>
>
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 12:15:55 -0500, "Dick Snyder"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I am making a headboard. The top will be curved. There will be slats that
>want to fit into a groove in the top piece. How would you go about cutting
>the groove into that curved headboard?
>
>TIA.
>
>Dick Snyder
>
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