Carriage and Rails, Start to Finish
I,m making some stools and a small table to sit around playing Sungka and the like.
I want the stools to be special and have started laminating some maple and walnut.
So as to be able to get the curve in the seat tops I built this router sled type jig.
Built mainly out of an IKEA tallboy top that i found on the village rubbish pile.
1) I firstly made a carriage to hold the router in place, basically a huge extension of the router plate.
2) Then got about getting my curves for the rails correct, I used a lath and some small nails.
3) For the 1st rail after the curve was drawn I used a Jigsaw (and would you believe) a spoke-shave and some sanding . Then simply a flush trim bit to get the 2nd rail identical. Screwed it all together and was almost ready.
4) Piece of sacrificial pine and away I went. It turned out OK but needs some small tweaking. Namely, Dowel stops so the carriage stays on the rails within the cutting limits and rounding over of all carriage and rail edges for smooth running.
Reasonably happy with the outcome, thanks for reading , please see attached pics from start to finish.
I,m making some stools and a small table to sit around playing Sungka and the like.
I want the stools to be special and have started laminating some maple and walnut.
So as to be able to get the curve in the seat tops I built this router sled type jig.
Built mainly out of an IKEA tallboy top that i found on the village rubbish pile.
1) I firstly made a carriage to hold the router in place, basically a huge extension of the router plate.
2) Then got about getting my curves for the rails correct, I used a lath and some small nails.
3) For the 1st rail after the curve was drawn I used a Jigsaw (and would you believe) a spoke-shave and some sanding . Then simply a flush trim bit to get the 2nd rail identical. Screwed it all together and was almost ready.
4) Piece of sacrificial pine and away I went. It turned out OK but needs some small tweaking. Namely, Dowel stops so the carriage stays on the rails within the cutting limits and rounding over of all carriage and rail edges for smooth running.
Reasonably happy with the outcome, thanks for reading , please see attached pics from start to finish.