On 2 Aug 2005 20:07:24 -0700, "bridger" wrote:


Prometheus wrote:
On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 21:02:12 -0500, Tom Banes
wrote:

Botched a quicky piece this weekend and trying to figure out if
there's a fix.....Only carbide
straight bit I had was a ?? old 1/2 incher from Sears. Not burned -
but.

FWIW, that's a nice enough hunk of maple that it may be worth it to
just buy another, higher-quality bit and just carefully take a little
more off with that. If it was some kind of oddball bit, it might not
be worthwhile, but a straight one is always useful. You could sand
it, I'm sure, but it'd be tough and not likely to look as good as a
really nice finishing pass with the router.

my thought was that the next bit would be a ball nose carbide end mill
(core box bit style), 1/4" diameter, in the laminate trimmer, with a
base that rides on the floor of the tray and limits the horizontal
depth of cut to the radius of the bit. this will give you a rounded
inside corner as it cleans up the burn marks.

Thanks to all for the ideas.

Last night I combined a couple and used a Dremel with a sanding drum
(1/4" size) and a Dremel drill press that has been taking up space
without use for years (SWMBO wanted one for some craft project that
never got started ~ ). Working at lowest speed on the Dremel seemed
OK, but still not what I wanted. I can't get the horizontal/vertical
interface cleaned up without the drum hitting the bottom and burnining
it.

Next step is to try the ball nose bit suggestion from prometheus.
Question I have is about the base to limit depth of cut. Horizontal I
can figure - flush trim style. The part that has me lost is the "base
that rides on the floor". Is this something that a laminate trimmer
has that a router doesn't? Sorry, I've never seen a laminate trimmer
and don't know.

Regards.