I want to put a small dish / concave indentation in a piece of wood, for
the ball of a bales catch. What's the neatest way of doing this? The wood
is a door frame and is fixed in position already.

fred put finger to keyboard:

On Thursday, July 25, 2013 10:41:17 AM UTC+1, Scion wrote:
I want to put a small dish / concave indentation in a piece of wood,
for

the ball of a bales catch. What's the neatest way of doing this? The
wood

is a door frame and is fixed in position already.

Don't you have a receiver for the catch. Just drill a shallow hole. The
receiver will cover it, no?

I have a receiver, and yes, I could drill a shallow hole. But I'd look up
at it every time I went past, thinking "That could look better!"

FWIW it's actually a pair of doors between two rooms that are normally
open, so it's more important it looks OK than, say, an airing cupboard
door.

On 25/07/2013 10:41, Scion wrote:
I want to put a small dish / concave indentation in a piece of wood, for
the ball of a bales catch. What's the neatest way of doing this? The wood
is a door frame and is fixed in position already.

Either a carving gauge, or the nose of a small belt saner / power file?
Possibly an abbrasive ball or burr on a die grinder (dremel) type machine)


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John Rumm put finger to keyboard:

On 25/07/2013 10:41, Scion wrote:
I want to put a small dish / concave indentation in a piece of wood,
for the ball of a bales catch. What's the neatest way of doing this?
The wood is a door frame and is fixed in position already.

Either a carving gauge, or the nose of a small belt saner / power file?
Possibly an abbrasive ball or burr on a die grinder (dremel) type
machine)

Carving gouge is what I need, thanks John.

As ever, it's the terminology that eluded me.

On Thursday, July 25, 2013 10:41:17 AM UTC+1, Scion wrote:
I want to put a small dish / concave indentation in a piece of wood, for

the ball of a bales catch. What's the neatest way of doing this? The wood

is a door frame and is fixed in position already.

Don't you have a receiver for the catch. Just drill a shallow hole. The receiver will cover it, no?

On 25/07/2013 11:37, Scion wrote:
John Rumm put finger to keyboard:

On 25/07/2013 10:41, Scion wrote:
I want to put a small dish / concave indentation in a piece of wood,
for the ball of a bales catch. What's the neatest way of doing this?
The wood is a door frame and is fixed in position already.

Either a carving gauge, or the nose of a small belt saner / power file?
Possibly an abbrasive ball or burr on a die grinder (dremel) type
machine)

Carving gouge is what I need, thanks John.

As ever, it's the terminology that eluded me.

and the spelling me ;-)


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Cheers,

John.

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On 25/07/13 10:41, Scion wrote:
I want to put a small dish / concave indentation in a piece of wood, for
the ball of a bales catch. What's the neatest way of doing this? The wood
is a door frame and is fixed in position already.
buy a suitable burr for an electric drill


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On 25/07/13 12:58, John Rumm wrote:
On 25/07/2013 11:37, Scion wrote:
John Rumm put finger to keyboard:

On 25/07/2013 10:41, Scion wrote:
I want to put a small dish / concave indentation in a piece of wood,
for the ball of a bales catch. What's the neatest way of doing this?
The wood is a door frame and is fixed in position already.

Either a carving gauge, or the nose of a small belt saner / power file?
Possibly an abbrasive ball or burr on a die grinder (dremel) type
machine)

Carving gouge is what I need, thanks John.

As ever, it's the terminology that eluded me.

and the spelling me ;-)


Still say a burr is easier

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5PC-Wood-C...item56506baae5


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John Rumm put finger to keyboard:

On 25/07/2013 11:37, Scion wrote:
John Rumm put finger to keyboard:

On 25/07/2013 10:41, Scion wrote:
I want to put a small dish / concave indentation in a piece of wood,
for the ball of a bales catch. What's the neatest way of doing this?
The wood is a door frame and is fixed in position already.

Either a carving gauge, or the nose of a small belt saner / power
file?
Possibly an abbrasive ball or burr on a die grinder (dremel) type
machine)

Carving gouge is what I need, thanks John.

As ever, it's the terminology that eluded me.

and the spelling me ;-)

Google knew what you meant.

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On 25/07/2013 11:37, Scion wrote:
John Rumm put finger to keyboard:

On 25/07/2013 10:41, Scion wrote:
I want to put a small dish / concave indentation in a piece of wood,
for the ball of a bales catch. What's the neatest way of doing this?
The wood is a door frame and is fixed in position already.


Just give it a good thwack with a ballpein hammer!

Mike

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John Rumm put finger to keyboard:

On 25/07/2013 11:37, Scion wrote:
John Rumm put finger to keyboard:

On 25/07/2013 10:41, Scion wrote:
I want to put a small dish / concave indentation in a piece of wood,
for the ball of a bales catch. What's the neatest way of doing this?
The wood is a door frame and is fixed in position already.


Just give it a good thwack with a ballpein hammer!

And miss . . . .

by all means place a ballpein in the desired spot and thwack it with a
bigger hammer.
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John Rumm put finger to keyboard:

On 25/07/2013 11:37, Scion wrote:
John Rumm put finger to keyboard:

On 25/07/2013 10:41, Scion wrote:
I want to put a small dish / concave indentation in a piece of wood,
for the ball of a bales catch. What's the neatest way of doing this?
The wood is a door frame and is fixed in position already.


Just give it a good thwack with a ballpein hammer!

Mike

I did consider the percussive method. Quick, cheap and easy. Too much
potential for damage though.

On Thursday, July 25, 2013 11:37:06 AM UTC+1, Scion wrote:

I have a receiver, and yes, I could drill a shallow hole. But I'd look up at
it every time I went past, thinking "That could look better!"

Given aesthetics is obviously important to you might it be an issue you having an 'unprotected' indentation, the edge of which may (will?) get worn by the ball? I always assumed that was part of the purpose of the receiver i.e. to act as a resilient surface for the the catch to rub against...

Mathew Newton put finger to keyboard:

On Thursday, July 25, 2013 11:37:06 AM UTC+1, Scion wrote:

I have a receiver, and yes, I could drill a shallow hole. But I'd look
up at it every time I went past, thinking "That could look better!"

Given aesthetics is obviously important to you might it be an issue you
having an 'unprotected' indentation, the edge of which may (will?) get
worn by the ball? I always assumed that was part of the purpose of the
receiver i.e. to act as a resilient surface for the the catch to rub
against...

I'm still going to use a receiver, but it needs an indentation for the
ball to spring into.

Scion wrote:
Mathew Newton put finger to keyboard:

On Thursday, July 25, 2013 11:37:06 AM UTC+1, Scion wrote:

I have a receiver, and yes, I could drill a shallow hole. But I'd look
up at it every time I went past, thinking "That could look better!"
Given aesthetics is obviously important to you might it be an issue you
having an 'unprotected' indentation, the edge of which may (will?) get
worn by the ball? I always assumed that was part of the purpose of the
receiver i.e. to act as a resilient surface for the the catch to rub
against...

I'm still going to use a receiver, but it needs an indentation for the
ball to spring into.

Surely if you're using the right type of receiver anyway, you can't see
the hole? Mine are split about 50/50 here.

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John.

On Thursday, July 25, 2013 5:10:18 PM UTC+1, Scion wrote:

I'm still going to use a receiver, but it needs an indentation for the
ball to spring into.

Ah, I see. The only ball catch we've got here has a receiver that is effectively a solid plate with an indentation i.e. it covers up the hole made in the wood behind it. Presumably your receiver has a hole in the centre hence the hole in the wood will be visible?

wrote:
I want to put a small dish / concave indentation in a piece of wood, for
the ball of a bales catch. What's the neatest way of doing this? The wood
is a door frame and is fixed in position already.

Ball-ended router bit?

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Cheers,
Roger

Mathew Newton put finger to keyboard:

On Thursday, July 25, 2013 5:10:18 PM UTC+1, Scion wrote:

I'm still going to use a receiver, but it needs an indentation for the
ball to spring into.

Ah, I see. The only ball catch we've got here has a receiver that is
effectively a solid plate with an indentation i.e. it covers up the hole
made in the wood behind it. Presumably your receiver has a hole in the
centre hence the hole in the wood will be visible?

Yup. Most of 'em seem to be like that. The roller type catches tend to
have the solid receiver, the ball ones hollow.

On Thursday, July 25, 2013 9:41:17 PM UTC+12, Scion wrote:
I want to put a small dish / concave indentation in a piece of wood, for

the ball of a bales catch. What's the neatest way of doing this? The wood

is a door frame and is fixed in position already.

The neatest way would be to put the wood in a lathe.
Yes I do have a lathe big enough!
http://i40.tinypic.com/6srqc9.jpg