Ian Dalziel
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The design called for a small table using a tailed router and possibly a biscuit jointer and here is what I have come up with
I wanted the table to be made simple but I think I overdid the simplicities of it, the basic design you could use a length of 80mm x 40mm without the complex joints. I stated earlier that I was going to use a jigsaw piece then split but I have just went for the jigsaw, time constraints are limited at present. My sketchup drawings are just about up to scratch, I’m not used to it yet…. The timber used is maple and sapele, I used these as I picked up a load of offcuts when I was last at my supplier. The top of the table will be 6mm toughened glass which will get rebated in, I haven’t decided on a finish yet
The jigsaw piece is now made as you can see from the photos, I made a number of different jigs utilising it, the corners ones were particularly difficult but straight forward none the less.
The cutters I used were top bearing template follower 50mm long 12.7mm radius and a 50mm long top and bottom bearings 19mm radius, I used 2 different ones because I wanted a 12.5 radius on the inside corners of the insert piece. A top and bottom bearing cutter was required to go around the circle without it snatching by rotating the template. Everything was made slightly oversize then brought down to final sizes once joined
There is a fair degree of accuracy required when making the templates and not a project to attempt for someone just starting to rout. The Perspex template was done by a handheld. I attached a wireless pinhole camera to the body of the router and watched it on a portable tv to ensure I wasn’t wandering, the camera setup didn’t work as good as I had hoped but I still produced a cracking little jig. The rest were all cut out at the router table.
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I cut away most of the waste leaving a mm or 2 at the bandsaw for the socket side and then trimmed at the table. I drilled the mating piece first with a 1 1/8” forsterner bit. The actual bulb size is 30mm so this left about 0.5mm or so to trim off When inserting the work piece into the jig it’s a tight fit and held with double sided tape. The mitres in the corners are incredibly strong.
The 45º corners are biscuits and glued not a joint I would have used but the competition called for it,I was going to do some blind dovetails a la bill hylton , I will insert some miller dowels into the corners for added strength and for decoration
the top piece is almost done, it will get biscuited and dowelled tomorrow
Hope the photos come out ok I should finish it tomorrow and will update as soon as its ready
i couldnt get a couple of photos to appear probobly need some help
Regards
Ian
I wanted the table to be made simple but I think I overdid the simplicities of it, the basic design you could use a length of 80mm x 40mm without the complex joints. I stated earlier that I was going to use a jigsaw piece then split but I have just went for the jigsaw, time constraints are limited at present. My sketchup drawings are just about up to scratch, I’m not used to it yet…. The timber used is maple and sapele, I used these as I picked up a load of offcuts when I was last at my supplier. The top of the table will be 6mm toughened glass which will get rebated in, I haven’t decided on a finish yet
The jigsaw piece is now made as you can see from the photos, I made a number of different jigs utilising it, the corners ones were particularly difficult but straight forward none the less.
The cutters I used were top bearing template follower 50mm long 12.7mm radius and a 50mm long top and bottom bearings 19mm radius, I used 2 different ones because I wanted a 12.5 radius on the inside corners of the insert piece. A top and bottom bearing cutter was required to go around the circle without it snatching by rotating the template. Everything was made slightly oversize then brought down to final sizes once joined
There is a fair degree of accuracy required when making the templates and not a project to attempt for someone just starting to rout. The Perspex template was done by a handheld. I attached a wireless pinhole camera to the body of the router and watched it on a portable tv to ensure I wasn’t wandering, the camera setup didn’t work as good as I had hoped but I still produced a cracking little jig. The rest were all cut out at the router table.
I cut away most of the waste leaving a mm or 2 at the bandsaw for the socket side and then trimmed at the table. I drilled the mating piece first with a 1 1/8” forsterner bit. The actual bulb size is 30mm so this left about 0.5mm or so to trim off When inserting the work piece into the jig it’s a tight fit and held with double sided tape. The mitres in the corners are incredibly strong.
The 45º corners are biscuits and glued not a joint I would have used but the competition called for it,I was going to do some blind dovetails a la bill hylton , I will insert some miller dowels into the corners for added strength and for decoration
the top piece is almost done, it will get biscuited and dowelled tomorrow
Hope the photos come out ok I should finish it tomorrow and will update as soon as its ready
i couldnt get a couple of photos to appear probobly need some help
Regards
Ian
