hi all.i have a well equipped wood shop which is geared towards jewelry and jewel boxes. i do not make furniture or cabinetry, therefore my equipment is smaller “light duty”. the problem is this: i want to make some bombe (aka “bombay”) jewelry boxes. i have researched the methodology to make this, and all i find is either very expensive equipment from legacy woodworking, and/or using an assortment of 4 different router bits which seem to come only seem to come with 1/2 inch shanks. i own 4 routers, all with 1/4″ shank, as well as a rotozip professional model 20. there must be another way to create the bombe profile box without investing hundreds (quite a few, actually) of dollars. now, i know that it can be done “by hand” as it was a century or two ago. but, if that is the only non machine way, which is the way to do it so that the box profile comes out equal on all 4 sides? of course, i would rather “machine” than hand….. thank you all in advance for any help. jacques. www.woodwideweb.ca
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J,
Thank you for your question. I am forwarding it to Gary Rogowski.
Sincerely,
Gerald La Starza
Fine Woodworking
Hi,
On this scale, one could band saw the shape and then grind/ sand/ sand/ sand it. A lot of sanding for this. But if there are no hard edges to keep then perhaps a flap sander might work. If you had a table saw you could cut coves with that, but again there's a good deal of sanding to do. Perhaps a mixture of methods, band sawing to remove most of the waste and then some routing. Be sure to check the assortment of vendors out there for 1/4" shank bits. Amana, Freud, CMT, Whiteside are just a few that generally carry both 1/4" and 1/2" shank bits in standard profiles. But if you can't find them, then perhaps a bit of hand work is in your future. I would band saw, rasp, scrap, and sand to get the desired effect. Good luck.
Gary Rogowski
http://www.northwestwoodworking.com
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