Your roundover router bits can do double duty cutting fingernail-shaped edges if you simply change the angle at which the work moves into the bit. I use the bits in a router table with an auxiliary fence that presents the stock to the bit at a 45¡ angle as illustrated. A 1/2-in. bit will mold the shape on 5/8-in.-thick stock, and a 3/4-in. bit will handle l-in.-thick stock. Notice that the lip on the fence acts as a track for the work and must have a gap in it so the bit can contact the work. For occasional use, this method beats buying the expensive specialty bit.

Jeffrey P. Gyving, Point Arena, Calif.

Fine Woodworking Magazine, June 1988 No. 70

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