I am going to make a slender (1 inch wide, 3/4 inch thick) frame for a clock. I have a couple of ineloquent ways to make the 1 inch round, but I am surprised at how tough this seems to be on the surface. I would like to do it on the router table, but I would like to use the bottom (flat) surface for reference. I would have to have an overhead router or a multi-router for that (I think). Maybe some of you can shake this out for me. Here is the sketch showing the round cross section. I would like to do the round on the raw 1 X 0.75 stock before I assemble the frame.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/eganders/octagonclocksketch3.gif
Ideas anyone?
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I'd cut the profile on the edge of a 1" board that's maybe 4" wide, then rip off the moulded edge on the TS. Way safer (and easier) to cut the molding on the edge of a board than on a stick!
Mike Hennessy
Pittsburgh, PA
Eric,
What Mike said.
Regards,
Ray Pine
I agree with the others that you should do this on a larger board and rip off the result. You can use either a 1/2" radius roundover and two passes or half round bit in one pass.
Freud America, Inc.
So easy... Why didn't I think of that... Will end up with 1/4 sawn to boot!
If you want a truly round piece and not two halves, cut the stock longer than you need, then use a 1/2" radius roundover bit and stop short of the end. You will have four surfaces to reference to and then you can cut it to length. Use feather boards to keep it tight to the fence. For the profile you show, I would still cut the stock longer than needed and cut it to length after creating the profile.
The method posted by the others is more stable but if you have already cut the stock to the approximate size already, the way I posted will work fine.
"I cut this piece four times and it's still too short."
Edited 3/29/2006 2:34 pm by highfigh
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