How to make flutes in side of tapered column??
 

We are trying to add flutes about 1/2" deep and 3/4" wide up the sides
of a pedestal's column. The column is turned such that it starts off at
the bottom about 7" in diameter growing to about 10" before ballooning
into a large knee. That's not very clear. The top end looks like the
end of a trumpet.
We thought we could use a plunge router and rig some kind of carrier
but the trumpet end prevents the bit from making contact all the way up
the column. Besides, the bit does not extend very far below the router's
base and by adding a carrier looks like it will not extend far enough
for much/any of the column.
Any ideas? Router or otherwise? Thanks, JG

How to make flutes in side of tapered column??
 

"JGS" wrote in message
...
We are trying to add flutes about 1/2" deep and 3/4" wide up the sides
of a pedestal's column. The column is turned such that it starts off at
the bottom about 7" in diameter growing to about 10" before ballooning
into a large knee. That's not very clear. The top end looks like the
end of a trumpet.
We thought we could use a plunge router and rig some kind of carrier
but the trumpet end prevents the bit from making contact all the way up
the column. Besides, the bit does not extend very far below the router's
base and by adding a carrier looks like it will not extend far enough
for much/any of the column.
Any ideas? Router or otherwise? Thanks, JG



Rig a grinder with a ball rasp and see if you can't get close enough to
follow the contour.

How to make flutes in side of tapered column??
 

JGS (in ) said:

| We are trying to add flutes about 1/2" deep and 3/4" wide up the
| sides of a pedestal's column. The column is turned such that it
| starts off at the bottom about 7" in diameter growing to about 10"
| before ballooning into a large knee. That's not very clear. The
| top end looks like the end of a trumpet.
| We thought we could use a plunge router and rig some kind of
| carrier but the trumpet end prevents the bit from making contact
| all the way up the column. Besides, the bit does not extend very
| far below the router's base and by adding a carrier looks like it
| will not extend far enough for much/any of the column.
| Any ideas? Router or otherwise? Thanks, JG

Assuming that the column is pre-assembled: remove the trumpet, rout
the flutes, and re-assemble. If the column is _not_ pre-assembled,
produce the column and trumpet separately, rout the flutes in the
column before joining the two together.

If you are building the column, rout the flutes in the segments before
glue-up.

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

How to make flutes in side of tapered column??
 

Magnate makes long shaft router bits. As for a guide for the router see my
site for some solutions. Of course I could always make them for you.
--
Art Ransom
Lancaster , Texas

www.turningaround.org

How to make flutes in side of tapered column??
 

You could always do what the Romans did, way before routers:
Carve them by hand.
It really isn't that hard.

Michael Latcha - at home in Redford, MI

"JGS" wrote in message
...
We are trying to add flutes about 1/2" deep and 3/4" wide up the sides
of a pedestal's column. The column is turned such that it starts off at
the bottom about 7" in diameter growing to about 10" before ballooning
into a large knee. That's not very clear. The top end looks like the
end of a trumpet.
We thought we could use a plunge router and rig some kind of carrier
but the trumpet end prevents the bit from making contact all the way up
the column. Besides, the bit does not extend very far below the router's
base and by adding a carrier looks like it will not extend far enough
for much/any of the column.
Any ideas? Router or otherwise? Thanks, JG

How to make flutes in side of tapered column??
 

Hi,
It is already glued and turned. It would have been easy to add before we
glued up the column but they would have disappeared in the turning. I
guess we make like the Romans and do some carving after a bit of work with
a small grinder. Thanks all, JG

Morris Dovey wrote:

JGS (in ) said:

| We are trying to add flutes about 1/2" deep and 3/4" wide up the
| sides of a pedestal's column. The column is turned such that it
| starts off at the bottom about 7" in diameter growing to about 10"
| before ballooning into a large knee. That's not very clear. The
| top end looks like the end of a trumpet.
| We thought we could use a plunge router and rig some kind of
| carrier but the trumpet end prevents the bit from making contact
| all the way up the column. Besides, the bit does not extend very
| far below the router's base and by adding a carrier looks like it
| will not extend far enough for much/any of the column.
| Any ideas? Router or otherwise? Thanks, JG

Assuming that the column is pre-assembled: remove the trumpet, rout
the flutes, and re-assemble. If the column is _not_ pre-assembled,
produce the column and trumpet separately, rout the flutes in the
column before joining the two together.

If you are building the column, rout the flutes in the segments before
glue-up.

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