After making three bedrooms of heirloom furniture with straight lines I have entered the world of curves. And found an amazing knack for demonstrating my incompetence at every turn! :lol:
Well, I have screwed up 2 of the 4 sides for my candle sconces. http://www.traviswood.com/acc/csme.html
I made a pattern, traced onto the cherry stock, rough cut with the bandsaw, sanded closer with my belt/disc sander then tried to trim with a flush trim bit.
Screwed the first one up because of technique, approaching the grain at the top from a bad angle! :eusa_doh:
Cut the second one okay and left the top as-is with the thought of dressing in up on the disc sander. Started the third and got a bad tearout at the bottom of the inside curve. I have noticed a propensity for the flush trim bit to tearout when the grain is perpendicular or more to the blade. One would think an intelligent person would have learned something from that.
So the question is, how else to trim to the line without tearout. Is an oscillating spindle sander my only option here? I tried using the end roll on my belt/disc sander but is is pretty jumpy. It is NOT a good quality sander. It is a value-for-money sander. I am not much of a neanderthal woodworker and would prefer a Norm (power tool) approach.
I mentioned spindle sander to LOML and she immediately started searching Lowes and HD websites. Came up with a few at HD. Do I seize the moment?
Man, I love this hobby!
Pics below.
Chuck
Well, I have screwed up 2 of the 4 sides for my candle sconces. http://www.traviswood.com/acc/csme.html
I made a pattern, traced onto the cherry stock, rough cut with the bandsaw, sanded closer with my belt/disc sander then tried to trim with a flush trim bit.
Screwed the first one up because of technique, approaching the grain at the top from a bad angle! :eusa_doh:
Cut the second one okay and left the top as-is with the thought of dressing in up on the disc sander. Started the third and got a bad tearout at the bottom of the inside curve. I have noticed a propensity for the flush trim bit to tearout when the grain is perpendicular or more to the blade. One would think an intelligent person would have learned something from that.
So the question is, how else to trim to the line without tearout. Is an oscillating spindle sander my only option here? I tried using the end roll on my belt/disc sander but is is pretty jumpy. It is NOT a good quality sander. It is a value-for-money sander. I am not much of a neanderthal woodworker and would prefer a Norm (power tool) approach.
I mentioned spindle sander to LOML and she immediately started searching Lowes and HD websites. Came up with a few at HD. Do I seize the moment?
Man, I love this hobby!
Pics below.
Chuck