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Morris Dovey

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| Can get you to 2.5" but a real scarey cutter, for fighter pilots
| only.

| david blumberg wrote:
|| anyone know of a company making a 3 inch or larger pattern bit for
|| a router? i was hoping to use it to make curved chair backs. I
|| know it would put a lot of pressure on the shaft, but I would take
|| small bites at a time.

Too scary (Kamakazi pilots only!)

I'd suggest bandsawing close and using a 1" pattern bit with the
router firmly mounted in a router table.

At three inches, it's the bit that's in control rather than the
operator.

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto