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Tiny Lil' Breadboards - Update...

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Tiny Lil' Breadboards - Update...

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Tiny Lil' Breadboards - Update...

Scott in Douglassville

>Hi, all -

Ok, to follow up on my earlier post, I finished the breadboard ends on the mahogany lensboard I'm making:



Actually turned out to be pretty straight forward, if diminutive. Used power tools, though - made an attempt at an OWT router, which worked poorly, then cruised through the entire enterprise in about ten minutes: Milled the stock to about 3/8", installed a general purpose 7-1/4" blade from my circ saw on the tablesaw, which cuts a significantly thinner kerf, but was rated for the same max speed as my tablesaw blades, ran a groove down the center of the edge, flipped the board end-to-end and ran it again so I'd have a truly centered groove. Ended up just at 3/32". Milled the matching tongues to fit on the horizontal router table. Easy peasy. Glued them up last night with poly glue on the center ~3" or so of the joint. They're tight...

Thanks for the help.

Scott

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Wow!

jim reed @ tallahassee

>That's a mighty fine looking joint. Woodworking with such close tolerances requires skill. You did an outstanding job.

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Paul Kierstead

>Excellent job! Now I know who to contact when I need another lensboard :)

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#4

You done good... Very nice

vlparisian in Houston

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#6

Ya done OWT'd me...

Scott in Douglassville

>Old Woman's Tooth router. Think block o' wood and a sharpened Allen wrench. It actually worked, but was way too finicky to use efficiently. I'm thinking of selling some of these boards on eBay, and I need to streamline the process a bit.

I'm hoping this guy lets me finish the board, but he went to great pains to stain and lacquer the rest of the camera, and I'm guessing he'll want to match the finish...

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