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   ron61 | May 03, 2003 09:00pm | #1

   How about making a Scratch Stock - check out June 2003 #163 of Fine Wood Working page 62.

   I haven't tried a scratch stock yet, but I have used the saw to cut to the profile { move the fence and adjust the blade} and then used scrapers to smooth out the profile. I'm sure a scratch stock would be far easier.Make it to any profile you wish. I'm going to give them a try my next project.

   I have done the thumb nail with a 1/2 round on one side and a 1/4 round on the other. Then sand the round over edge back to get the round that I want. I rock the sander over the edge.

   Not sure what the Shakers used .I'm sure If they had a molding plane they would have use it.

   I think a Thumb nail is a great edge on a table I belive it was used a lot in Colonial times.  

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   mitch | May 04, 2003 12:10am | #2

   if you've got an extra four or five hundred bucks burning a hole in your pocket, bridge city tools makes a gorgeous crowning plane for just this sort of thing.

   m

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   lostarrow | May 04, 2003 12:11am | #3

   Hi Ken,

    Freud has a table edge bit that could be what you're looking for, # 99--027. It's formed with two different radii ; the big sweep is 1-25/32 R , the smaller radius at the edge is 13/64. The width of the cut is 1". I imagine that anyone that sells Freud bits would have this one.      Ken

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   forestgirl | May 04, 2003 10:36pm | #5

   Here's a scan of the Freud bit ken(small k) mentioned:

   View Imageforestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   lostarrow | May 04, 2003 11:01pm | #6

   Hey! Thanks forest girl. That's the one I'm talking about. It cost's about $65 but I think it works just fine on Shaker stuff and last summer I used it to make some handrail when I redid my back stairway.  ken (with a small k)

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   Jamie_Buxton | May 04, 2003 04:03am | #4

   The way I get that edge (at least I think it is the edge you're describing) to use a roundover bit in a router.   The radius of the roundover is substantially larger than half the thickness of the lumber.  The pilot bearing runs in the middle of the lumber.   I make one pass on top, and one pass on the bottom.  Then I do a little sanding to fair the two cuts together.  The result is something pretty close to the edge that's sometimes called "thumbnail" and sometimes "Queen Anne".   The nice thing about this procedure is that it uses roundover bits I already have, and it adapts to any thickness of stock.

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   mwestenberg | May 05, 2003 01:04am | #7

   Ken,

   Here is another source for thumbnail bits for routers.  I have several of these and they work great with less cost, especially if you're only doing one piece.  Good luck with your project and post a pic!

   Mark

   http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/smarthtml/pages/bt_table.html

   
   

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   Edited 5/4/2003 6:05:33 PM ET by markwood