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tmbg

30/12/2003 8:13 AM

shaping radiuses

what's the best way to shape the edge of a radiused piece of wood? I'm
designing a circular table for SWMBO, and I wanted to put some sort of
detail on the edge... is it reasonably easy to run through a shaper?
Never tried to put a radius through the shaper, I can see that a concave
radius doesnt work, but the convex radius of a circle could work...
thoughts?


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Andy Dingley

in reply to tmbg on 30/12/2003 8:13 AM

30/12/2003 12:22 PM

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 08:13:19 GMT, tmbg <[email protected]> wrote:

>Never tried to put a radius through the shaper, I can see that a concave
>radius doesnt work, but the convex radius of a circle could work...

They both work. Use a "horseshoe" guide, with a roller on each side of
the cutter and adjust its depth relative to the cutter.

If it's a big tabletop, I'd use a handheld router and take it to the
tabletop, rather than the other way around.

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JW

Jim Wilson

in reply to tmbg on 30/12/2003 8:13 AM

30/12/2003 3:32 PM

tmbg wrote...
> what's the best way to shape the edge of a radiused piece of wood?

Not sure what you mean by this. Is it a full bullnose, or corner radius,
or what? If there's a contact point at a consistent height in the edge,
than Andy's horseshoe guide will work, or you could use the slightly
simpler pin and bearing.

Jim


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