I apologies in advance for any teaching of grandmothers, but here's a small project ( in every sense of the word) which worked well.
I needed to make a couple of contrast-enhancing bezels for a Tektronix oscilloscope. The "proper article" comprises a plastic frame with a thin smoked perspex "glass", like a miniature picture frame. Overall dimensions are about 87 x 76mm by 10.2mm deep. I ummed and ahrred about how the make such a delicate frame, and eventually decided to try bamboo, as I have a small stock of laminated bamboo flooring.
It was obvious that any attempt to rout a thin section of bamboo would result in complete failure (if not injury), so I machined the corner of a complete plank (c. 95 x 15mm section) "in-situ". First cut a square 2.5mm rebate, then used a 14 degree router cutter to machine a reverse-chamfer above the rebate. Then ran the entire plank through the circular saw to cut out the profile (10.2 x 3.5mm max)
here's the result:
Bamboo profile by Jaybee_s, on Flickr
And the finished bezel (super-glue mitre corners)
454 bezel (I) by Jaybee_s, on Flickr
454 bezel (III) by Jaybee_s, on Flickr
John
I needed to make a couple of contrast-enhancing bezels for a Tektronix oscilloscope. The "proper article" comprises a plastic frame with a thin smoked perspex "glass", like a miniature picture frame. Overall dimensions are about 87 x 76mm by 10.2mm deep. I ummed and ahrred about how the make such a delicate frame, and eventually decided to try bamboo, as I have a small stock of laminated bamboo flooring.
It was obvious that any attempt to rout a thin section of bamboo would result in complete failure (if not injury), so I machined the corner of a complete plank (c. 95 x 15mm section) "in-situ". First cut a square 2.5mm rebate, then used a 14 degree router cutter to machine a reverse-chamfer above the rebate. Then ran the entire plank through the circular saw to cut out the profile (10.2 x 3.5mm max)
here's the result:
Bamboo profile by Jaybee_s, on Flickr
And the finished bezel (super-glue mitre corners)
454 bezel (I) by Jaybee_s, on Flickr
454 bezel (III) by Jaybee_s, on Flickr
John
...... there were seven in total dissipating over 500W of heat!
