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Default Query - How to roundover rounded ends?

John Moorhead (in )
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| I am making 30 notched sticks out of oak - 2 1/2" wide, 60" long
| and 1 1/8" thick. All four edges (the long ones) have a 1/2"
| roundover - no problem...
|
| The hitch is that the ends of the sticks have a half-round profile
| (a radius of 1 1/4") and then THAT radius needs a 1/2" roundover...
| I have my roundover bit peeking through a "zero clearance" insert
| in my router fence, but haven't figured out how to turn the sticks
| smoothly and consistently to get a smooth roundover on the end
| radius.

Why not chuck up a 1" round nose (ball end) cutter in the 'Bot, do all
the rounding on the top half of the end, then turn the workpiece over
and do the other half?

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Morris Dovey
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