Some woodwork at long last!
A neighbour around the corner wanted a piece of Jelutong cut to size and the edges shaped.
This must more or less look similar to an existing piece where his wife displays animals. The new piece will be used for a couple of elephant ornaments.
The existing piece has an Ogee profile.
No problem says I confidently, just need a day or so to pack all the stuff away that I dumped when I brought the tools back from son’s house. (ok, so it took a couple of hours)
The Jelutong was roughly 400mm long and about 300mm wide and 20mm thick.
There was not one straight edge!
He had clearly marked off the final piece, so it was now a question of trimming off the edges as close to the lines as possible.
Fired up the table saw and then cut down one length as close to the line as possible, free hand.
Not too shabby.
I then fitted a fluting bit in the router and trimmed the edge till it was straight.
The Makita router in the table was making more strange noises than before, bushes packing up. Just pushed on regardless.
With one straight edge it was easy to trim off the other side on the saw.
The process was repeated for the 2 widths.
Now to Ogee. Fortunately I had bought a bit many years ago.
Note to self – remember it’s the finished face down.
The router was sounding sicker and sicker, and then there was a strange smell.
Ok, whip it out and screw in the Ryobi, fit the Ogee and we were away.
The Jelutong is quite soft so I could take 1.5mm bites.
Final board looked good, he will do the sanding and finishing. I will try get a pic once completed.
The only pics unfortunately are the two machines set up ready to go.
Table saw
Router Table
Cheers
Phil