Hello- I’m interested in making table tops with the “japanese style” lines- where the ends are thicker than the center section sort of like this: _____/ (obviously not that exagerated). I haven’t been able to come up with a good way to shape such a top. I imagine a compass plane could help, but I was imagining some sort of router jig would be effective for dishing out the curve. Any help is appreciated,
Michael
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Michael,
I built the little wenge, Japanese style shelves in the attached photo a number of years ago. As I recall, I edge glued two pieces for each shelf member after resawing them on the tablesaw to the finished thickness, stopping the cut and turning off the saw just shy of the curved end. I then removed the piece and finished the cut with a bandsaw to rough out the upswept ends. After gluing them together, I finished the surfaces with a scrub plane and used other hand tools (block plane, chisels, spoke shave, etc.....?) to surface the up-curved ends.
Gary W
gwwoodworking.com
Ooops..... Here's the photo.Gary W
gwwoodworking.com
Hey thanks for the tip- I like the tablesaw to bandsaw idea. I was also thinking that with narrow pieces the whole thing could be done on the bandsaw, using a fence in the straight area. And for wider pieces, edge glue them together after bandsawing the rough shape, using biscuits or dowels to locate the edges. Thanks again,
Michael
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