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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
For our upcoming (before Christmas) Anniversary present this year, I wanted to make something special for LOML… I have decided on a heart shaped candle holder to hold the wedding candles from our wedding.

The material chosen is a piece of 3/4" pine, sourced from the building we had the reception in. (It suffered damage during Ike, and has been rebuilt since).

I have the heart shape cut out, and sanded, I am planning on adding pre made turned holders sized for the candles. they will be glued into the heart and act as uprights.

I would like to route a profile around the heart, but want to make sure that I don't have any blow out.

I want to do a simple 3/8" roundover.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
 
#5 ·
Like EdWood said, this is a pretty straightforward procedure.

Will you be doing it freehand or on a router table? Either way, you may want to do it in a couple of passes to minimize tearout. If you do it on a table, just make sure to keep rotating the workpiece so that you are always feeding it as close as possible to 90 degrees to the cutting edge.
 
#6 ·
On a router table. Specifically on the router insert of my BT… And yeah, I was planning on taking a couple of passes on it, No need to dive straight into the bit, yet.
 
#7 ·
As per Charlie, on the router table, I did this recently on some oak ply, which is very subject to tear out, and had no problem. A push block with a cut out, comes to mind, which is very irregular, and no tear out anywhere. Again, using a guide bearing on a round over bit. Unless there is something crazy about that piece of wood, hence the suggestion about trying on a piece of scrap.
 
#8 ·
No problem with the bearing guided round over. Have them to spare…

I get to get busy tonight I guess…

I have a few other projects that are in the "Finished, but not photographed" status that I am pending on posting about… You know how it is on LJs, no pics, didn't happen…

But as a primer for that, keep your eyes peeled for posts RE: Band Saw Dust collection modifications, Kitty Condo, and on a non woodworking note, truck mods including DWV Intake mod, SCT tuner and refreshing the K&N filter… Hey, the truck is a tool too! Yes I did get HP gains, but that was not my primary goal, my primary goal with MPG gains…
 
#9 ·
Oh, and while I am thinking of it, like Ed noted, use a gripper pad, or if it is too small for that, consider drilling a hole in it and attaching a temporary handle. I bet one of those bench cookies would work well too.

Got to thinking about safety on the router table when I was making my push block, seemed my fingers were getting close to that bit, so I adjusted and used a gripper of some sort, don't remember what. And then bought a router book to study up on the safety aspect.
 
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