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Re: Strip: Routing bead and cove
By:Wesley Ewell
Date: 10/2/2009, 1:18 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Routing bead and cove (Deano)

: I agree with Bill. Feeding stock into a power tool with the direction of
: rotation as opposed to against it is unsafe. It can result in the piece
: being snatched from your hand and shot into the opposite wall. Think about
: it, that's exactly how pitching machines work.
Yet this is how Vaclav Stejskal of One Ocean Kayaks does it. He uses two finger boards to control the speed of the strip through the router. Machinists always feed their work through milling machines this way, as it leaves a smoother finish.

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Strip: Routing bead and cove
Mrkim -- 10/2/2009, 9:01 am
Re: Strip: Routing bead and cove
JohnK -- 10/3/2009, 4:43 am
Re: Strip: Routing bead and cove
Bill Hamm -- 10/4/2009, 12:22 am
Re: Strip: Routing bead and cove
JohnK -- 10/5/2009, 12:36 am
Re: Strip: Routing bead and cove
Bill Hamm -- 10/6/2009, 2:12 am
Re: Strip: Routing bead and cove
Deano -- 10/2/2009, 12:53 pm
Re: Strip: Routing bead and cove
Ken Blanton -- 10/2/2009, 5:27 pm
wrong is sometime right..
Larry C. -- 10/2/2009, 6:16 pm
Re: wrong is sometime right..
Mrkim -- 10/3/2009, 12:03 am
Re: Strip: Routing bead and cove
Wesley Ewell -- 10/2/2009, 1:18 pm
.02 cents from a former machinist
Reg Lake -- 10/3/2009, 12:56 am
Re: Strip: Routing bead and cove
Etienne Muller -- 10/2/2009, 2:16 pm
Re: Strip: Routing bead and cove
Bill Hamm -- 10/2/2009, 4:27 pm
Re: Strip: Routing bead and cove
Bill Hamm -- 10/2/2009, 10:35 am
Re: Strip: Routing bead and cove
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/2/2009, 9:23 am