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Router speed!
By:Jim McCool
Date: 3/12/2001, 9:29 am
In Response To: Bead and Cove bits (Dave)

: My last project (a canoe) I bought strips. I know this isn't my last, so I'm
: going to gear up to machine my own. What sources of bead and cove router
: bits are there, preferably on the web.

: Thanks
Dave, since you are going to set up yourself let me give you a heads up. Firstly, check back through the last month here and find the router table setup which someone posted. Its the only way to go - it's a one piece fence with a screw pivot at one end and a clamp at the other. The hole is cut into the edge of the fence in the middle. More importantly, get a little variac( electric current transformer)from Harborfreight.com in San Francisco. If you dont reduce the router speed you will shatter a lot of strips. They are about $20. Finally, feed the stock in the direction of the cutter rotation but make sure it doesn't shoot through and hurt someone. Proper featherboard tension will prevent this.

Good Luck, JJ.

Messages In This Thread

Bead and Cove bits
Dave -- 3/10/2001, 4:34 pm
Router speed!
Jim McCool -- 3/12/2001, 9:29 am
Re: Bead and Cove bits
bob -- 3/11/2001, 10:42 am
Re: Bead and Cove bits
Stan Snapp -- 3/10/2001, 7:32 pm
Re: Bead and Cove bits
Rehd -- 3/10/2001, 6:20 pm
Re: Bead and Cove bits
Steve Lansdowne -- 3/10/2001, 7:25 pm
Re: Bead and Cove bits
Rob Macks -- 3/11/2001, 10:32 am
why half inch
Tom Kurth -- 3/11/2001, 12:58 pm
Re: why half inch
Rob Macks -- 3/11/2001, 2:19 pm
Re: Bead and Cove bits
Mitch Isoe -- 3/10/2001, 5:50 pm
Re: Bead and Cove bits
Dave -- 3/10/2001, 6:14 pm