I'm interested in make a bed for my daughter like this, with curved
head and foot board:
<a href="http://www.bbkids.com/girls/girls.asp?category=3&page=4&id=244">
Nantucket Bed </a>
I need help on best ways to make the curved tops, and more
importantly, how to cut slots on them for the vertical planks. I can
think of a drill press with a jig to feed the work through. A clamped
down plunge router might cut better but I only have a fixed base
router.
This one looks a bit easier: <a
href="http://www.bbkids.com/girls/girls.asp?category=3&page=3&id=283">
Capri Bed </a> if I skip turning the posts.
Thank you!
Bill Rogers wrote:
> P.S. It's "Rabbet". A rebate is what you get when you lend a
> manufacturer your money for a month or two so that he can make a
> profit on it, not you.
>
> Bill.
rab·bet (also re·bate) --n. 1. A cut or groove along or near the edge of a
piece of wood that allows another piece to fit into it to form a joint. 2. A
joint so made. --v. rab·bet·ed also re·bat·ed, rab·bet·ing re·bat·ing,
rab·bets re·bates. --tr. 1. To cut a rabbet in. 2. To join by a rabbet.
--intr. To be joined by a rabbet. [Middle English rabet, from Old French
rabat, recess in a wall, act of beating down, from rabattre, to beat down
again. See REBATE1.]
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
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"Rob L" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm interested in make a bed for my daughter like this, with curved
> head and foot board:
> <a href="http://www.bbkids.com/girls/girls.asp?category=3&page=4&id=244">
> Nantucket Bed </a>
>
> I need help on best ways to make the curved tops, and more
> importantly, how to cut slots on them for the vertical planks. I can
> think of a drill press with a jig to feed the work through. A clamped
> down plunge router might cut better but I only have a fixed base
> router.
>
> This one looks a bit easier: <a
> href="http://www.bbkids.com/girls/girls.asp?category=3&page=3&id=283">
> Capri Bed </a> if I skip turning the posts.
Assuming I am understanding what you are asking correctly, you could cut the
curves with a bandsaw and for the slot, use a slot cutting or a rabbeting
bit with a ball bearing guide on top and allow your curved form to ride
along the bearing while the cutting section of the bit creates your slot for
the vertical panels?
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On 2 Aug 2004 16:14:45 -0700, [email protected] (Rob L)
wrote:
>I'm interested in make a bed for my daughter like this, with curved
>head and foot board:
><a href="http://www.bbkids.com/girls/girls.asp?category=3&page=4&id=244">
>Nantucket Bed </a>
>
>I need help on best ways to make the curved tops, and more
>importantly, how to cut slots on them for the vertical planks.
wing cutter:
<http://www.freudtools.com/woodworkers/rep/router_bits/Router_Bits/Slot_Cutting/html/Slot_Cutting_1.html>
> I can
>think of a drill press with a jig to feed the work through. A clamped
>down plunge router might cut better but I only have a fixed base
>router.
>
>This one looks a bit easier: <a
>href="http://www.bbkids.com/girls/girls.asp?category=3&page=3&id=283">
>Capri Bed </a> if I skip turning the posts.
>
>Thank you!
[email protected] (Rob L) writes:
>I'm interested in make a bed for my daughter like this, with curved
>head and foot board:
><a href="http://www.bbkids.com/girls/girls.asp?category=3&page=4&id=244">
>Nantucket Bed </a>
>
>I need help on best ways to make the curved tops, and more
>importantly, how to cut slots on them for the vertical planks. I can
How about doing the curved top as two pieces that are laminated.
Cut matching rebates on each piece and glue them together to make the
groove for the planks.
The rebates can be easily done on a router table or with a bearing guided
bit.
scott
On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 00:00:06 GMT, [email protected] (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:
>>I need help on best ways to make the curved tops, and more
>>importantly, how to cut slots on them for the vertical planks. I can
>
>How about doing the curved top as two pieces that are laminated.
>Cut matching rebates on each piece and glue them together to make the
>groove for the planks.
>
>The rebates can be easily done on a router table or with a bearing guided
>bit.
A good idea, but a slot cutter would do as well in the router table
without worrying about even clamping when glueing. I have a set of
cutters that can be combined for various widths of cut.
P.S. It's "Rabbet". A rebate is what you get when you lend a
manufacturer your money for a month or two so that he can make a
profit on it, not you.
Bill.