A pattern, and some advice needed
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Ok, here is a pattern for a block of wood I'm putting some holes in. My
question concerns the two slots, one in the upper left, and the other in the lower right. First of all, I drill out each end of the slot with a 1" forstner bit, then to make the straight sides, I use a router bit in my drill press, and with the aid of the fence on the drill press table I mill the straight edges. This works somewhat ok, I've had some success, but the router bit doesn't cut all that well, maybe due to the bit being a little dulled, and, or, the rpm's being too slow. So, just wondering, anyone got a better way to accomplish milling those straight edges? Thanks for your suggestions. -- Paul O. |
A pattern, and some advice needed
On Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:55:58 -0700, "Paul" wrote:
Ok, here is a pattern for a block of wood I'm putting some holes in. My question concerns the two slots, one in the upper left, and the other in the lower right. First of all, I drill out each end of the slot with a 1" forstner bit, then to make the straight sides, I use a router bit in my drill press, and with the aid of the fence on the drill press table I mill the straight edges. This works somewhat ok, I've had some success, but the router bit doesn't cut all that well, maybe due to the bit being a little dulled, and, or, the rpm's being too slow. So, just wondering, anyone got a better way to accomplish milling those straight edges? Thanks for your suggestions. Use a saber saw to cut slightly inside the lines and file to the line. -- Jack Novak Buffalo, NY - USA |
A pattern, and some advice needed
On 7/24/2011 1:55 PM, Paul wrote:
Ok, here is a pattern for a block of wood I'm putting some holes in. My question concerns the two slots, one in the upper left, and the other in the lower right. First of all, I drill out each end of the slot with a 1" forstner bit, then to make the straight sides, I use a router bit in my drill press, and with the aid of the fence on the drill press table I mill the straight edges. This works somewhat ok, I've had some success, but the router bit doesn't cut all that well, maybe due to the bit being a little dulled, and, or, the rpm's being too slow. So, just wondering, anyone got a better way to accomplish milling those straight edges? Thanks for your suggestions. Put a fence on the DP and use the bit to remove the wood beteen the start and stop holes. Smooth up with sand paper or a sanding drum mounted on the DP. Use the fence to keep evrey thing straight. |
A pattern, and some advice needed
-- Paul O. "Leon" lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote in message ... On 7/24/2011 1:55 PM, Paul wrote: Ok, here is a pattern for a block of wood I'm putting some holes in. My question concerns the two slots, one in the upper left, and the other in the lower right. First of all, I drill out each end of the slot with a 1" forstner bit, then to make the straight sides, I use a router bit in my drill press, and with the aid of the fence on the drill press table I mill the straight edges. This works somewhat ok, I've had some success, but the router bit doesn't cut all that well, maybe due to the bit being a little dulled, and, or, the rpm's being too slow. So, just wondering, anyone got a better way to accomplish milling those straight edges? Thanks for your suggestions. Put a fence on the DP and use the bit to remove the wood beteen the start and stop holes. Smooth up with sand paper or a sanding drum mounted on the DP. Use the fence to keep evrey thing straight. I forgot to mention, I did remove the wood between the start and stop holes. Hmm, will try the sanding drum idea, I have some of those. Is this going to be a duh moment. :-)) |
A pattern, and some advice needed
Why not jig it and use the router to square off the sides between bit holes?
--------------- "Paul" wrote in message ... Ok, here is a pattern for a block of wood I'm putting some holes in. My question concerns the two slots, one in the upper left, and the other in the lower right. First of all, I drill out each end of the slot with a 1" forstner bit, then to make the straight sides, I use a router bit in my drill press, and with the aid of the fence on the drill press table I mill the straight edges. This works somewhat ok, I've had some success, but the router bit doesn't cut all that well, maybe due to the bit being a little dulled, and, or, the rpm's being too slow. So, just wondering, anyone got a better way to accomplish milling those straight edges? Thanks for your suggestions. -- Paul O. |
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