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Default Making a bowl/hemisphere shaped depression?

JeffRT wrote:
I'd like to make a bowl or hemispere shaped depression in a piece of
wood or maybe a piece of metal (aluminum or brass). I have never
done this before.

Is a router bit the only way to go or is there a bit for a drill
press (like the large hole bits for clock making) that I can get?

I do not do routing very well; so obviously I'd prefer a wood drill
bit, but I'd like to know in any case. All replies gratefully
acknolwedged.


Depending on the size of the desired hollow, you can do so with a saw,
either radial or table, by turning the blade at an angle to the blade
path and taking very shallow (1/16) and repetitive cuts with just the
edge of the blade teeth. The size and angle of the blade determine
the radius.


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