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Re: Tools: RoboBevel
By:Marc Upchurch
Date: 2/1/2016, 7:52 am
In Response To: Re: Tools: RoboBevel *PIC* (Etienne Muller)

ET,

I have 6 of those.
For such a cheap tool I am impressed with the cut they deliver.

My version of trying to "automate" this task was to build a fence for each of the planes at progressively bigger angles.
2, 4, 6 degrees off vertical.
The plan was to measure the angle between the last strip installed and each frame where the next strip would land.
Then I was going to use the correct plane to cut the edge of the next strip, changing the planes as necessary along the length.
I would then check the strip and adjust the intersection between each cut as required.

The whole thing failed at the first action, trying to plane the very small amount of material by setting the plane against the fence. I found that I could not consistently make a cut unless I angled the plan to the length of the strip.
The inconsistent grain found in cedar (that I could get) made it impossible with my skills or lack thereof. Angling the plane made the carefully set "fences" useless.

This idea might work if I was using sandpaper instead of a plane. I was concerned with changing out the sandpaper occasionally and maintaining the fence angle.

While not having the fleet you have I have done a few. :)

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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/30/2016, 7:27 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/30/2016, 10:25 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/31/2016, 9:33 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/30/2016, 10:44 pm
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scottbaxter -- 1/31/2016, 12:22 am
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Dan Thaler -- 1/31/2016, 6:58 am
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Etienne Muller -- 1/31/2016, 7:24 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/31/2016, 9:00 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/31/2016, 9:33 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 1/31/2016, 2:04 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/31/2016, 8:47 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 1/31/2016, 10:10 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 2/1/2016, 7:07 am
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Mike Bielski -- 2/1/2016, 7:10 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 2/1/2016, 7:39 am
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Mike Bielski -- 2/1/2016, 7:57 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/1/2016, 8:07 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 2/1/2016, 8:14 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/2/2016, 12:20 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 2/2/2016, 7:58 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/2/2016, 8:23 am
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Mike Bielski -- 2/2/2016, 12:35 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/2/2016, 1:21 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 1/31/2016, 9:20 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/31/2016, 5:49 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/31/2016, 6:21 pm
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Marc Donnelly -- 1/31/2016, 8:47 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/31/2016, 8:50 pm
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Marc Donnelly -- 1/31/2016, 9:04 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/1/2016, 12:00 am
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Etienne Muller -- 2/1/2016, 5:20 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 2/1/2016, 7:52 am
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John D. VanBuren -- 2/2/2016, 7:29 am