Carving Board *LINK*

Re: Carving Board

Dennis Taylor

>nice, like the wavy, curves, and contrast of the 2 woods..Dennis

Re: Carving Board

Dick Hines

>It should be hanging on the wall. I don't think I could put a knife on it.

Very Nice!

Jennifer@Indy.USA

>Dave this is really neat. I'd hate to actually cut on it though! How thick is it? Excellent design. I love it.

Jen

Tell us about...

Ellis Walentine

>...the jigs and glue you used to assemble all the parts.

Nice outcome!

Ellis

how did you prepare the curved pieces?

Pete Lamberty

>Whenever I have glued up boards, I always run the boards through a jointer and glue them up. This means the boards have to be straight. How did you joint the edges and glue up the curved pieces? Then how did you clamp them together? Thanks.

Re: how did you prepare the curved pieces?

Dave Winters, Steamboat Springs, CO

>Thanks all for the props.

I could tell you how I do this but then I'd have to...

Nah, it isn't rocket science but it is kinda tricky. I have several sets of matching jigs that I then use with a router table set up with a pattern cutting straight bit.

Titebond 3 glue. General's Salad Bowl Finish thinned out to seal, then a beeswax/ mineral oil mix to finish.

Re: how did you prepare the curved pieces?

Claudia Hayward

>Never seen a pattern cutting bit. Does it have a bearing on it? Straight bit? Where would one find one?

Thanks for the info - and that sure is a nice cutting board!!

Patern cutting straight bit = Flush cut bit?

Jay in TX (formerly from Ohio)

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Re: Patern cutting straight bit = Flush cut bit?

Dave Winters, Steamboat Springs, CO

>Yeah, a straight bit with a bearing the same dia., mounted either on the top or bottom (closest to shank).

Re: how did you prepare the curved pieces?

Carol Reed - Strawberry, AZ

>Finally, a question on the turning board I can answer!

The technique is called complimentary template routing. I use a 1/4 spiral bit for the first cut. Then a 1/4" spiral bit with a 3/4" OD bearing. These two make the templates. Then a flush trim bit to make the workpieces.

The cool part is that if you make the templates suitably long, you can use parts of them in the final design. Keep using different parts and it will look like you have an infinite number of patterns.

As for gluing up, I use wax paper and batten boards with bar clamps on top and bottom.

BTW, you can also make T&G joints along curved edges with a slot cutter and rabbet bit added to the mix. Or half laps with just the rabbet bit.

But I digress.

Details and step by step directions are in my book, Router Joinery Workshop.

Now you know why I am called the 'routerlady'.

Pattern cutting bit

Jorge Castaneda ~ Downeast Maine

>Claudia,

Yes, the pattern cutting bit has a bearing not at the tip of the bit, but in the stem beyond the cutters, you make a template out of wood, smooth the best you can, then cut your blanks in the band saw, close to final shape but a little over size, then somehow make stick your pattern to your work and run it with the router, a lot safer and easier if you put it in a router table rather than hand held, but if you are skilled enough it can be done hand held. The Bearing follows the template.

mis dos centavos

Jorge