that is exactly what i was shooting for except the sides had a bigger border for the rails (11/2" in from baluster) i did not have a place for the bit to run out i thought that the border would do any cleanup that was needed the template was a big square piece of mdf that had a diagonal 1/8 cut in it for the follower letting the router move diagonally i used the older template follower so that i could use 3/4 mdf used a v-groove cutter set shallow did not foresee any problems but it just did not work consistently bob
On Jul 21, 4:44 pm, "Tim Krause" <artmarb...@comcast.net> wrote: > So the pattern you where going for was like this? Did you have a place for > the router bit to run out or where you trying to keep inside the border? That > would be really tough to do I would think. > > I'm trying to follow your description for the follower. Was the router > moving diagonally across the work ( both x and y axis in motion during the > cut)? That's something I've wanted to try for a while for another style of > cut. > > -Tim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "BOB" <bandlels...@cqservices.com> > To: "Legacy Ornamental Mills" <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 12:56 PM > Subject: Re: Carving Flat Work - Template Work > > hey tim when i made my stair tread last spring i tried making a > diamond pattern in the middle of the tread about 11/2" in from all > four edges with a groove around the whole outside of it sounded easy > in the beginning cut a 45 in a piece of mdf 1/8 wide for the follower > flip it to go in both directions move it in x and keep on going i made > three of them and each time i would be almost done with it and > something would happen to put a wiggle in it although i did not call > it a wiggle at the time and finally gave up and focused on making > nicer balusters i don't know what went wrong i decided that it just > wasn't the legacy's strongest point > > > > cross_pattern.jpg > 44KViewDownload -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en.
