This might work for fb radiusing

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Dave Bagwill
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This might work for fb radiusing

Post by Dave Bagwill » Thu Feb 26, 2015 11:45 pm

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John Parchem
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Re: This might work for fb radiusing

Post by John Parchem » Thu Feb 26, 2015 11:51 pm

I am not sure I would be capable of making one of those, but is it cool.

Have you see this from http://www.sje-tools.com/


Dave Bagwill
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Re: This might work for fb radiusing

Post by Dave Bagwill » Fri Feb 27, 2015 12:12 am

Nope, haven't even heard of such a thing. Interesting.
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peter havriluk
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Re: This might work for fb radiusing

Post by peter havriluk » Fri Feb 27, 2015 12:34 am

Gotta be a trick to this somewhere. Can't be as simple as a new router bit and a hunk of square tubing....
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Re: This might work for fb radiusing

Post by ken cierp » Fri Feb 27, 2015 9:14 am

Somewhere in the shop I have a 16" contoured drum sander worked good (but not as good as a CNC machine) my fixture was surprisingly similar in design. Since has been disassembled and parts repurposed.

The router bit fixture is clever, I wonder if there are 16" radius bits. The problem I see, is that there is a right and wrong direction to feed material through a planer to prevent chip outs -- so at least half the board is at risk. Too, the folks that do this commercially simply will not try and process certain woods. From that perspective the abrasive unit would be the better choice if considering making the effort to build a machine.

Tim Benware
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Re: This might work for fb radiusing

Post by Tim Benware » Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:19 am

peter havriluk wrote:Gotta be a trick to this somewhere. Can't be as simple as a new router bit and a hunk of square tubing....
Appears it is. I like that idea alot.
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Kevin in California
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Re: This might work for fb radiusing

Post by Kevin in California » Fri Feb 27, 2015 2:48 pm

Dave,
Let us know when you are in production of that contoured sanding drum and I'll place an order for one.

Kevin

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