Working on a jig to use a trim router along with the late

[Robert Lindstadt]

Here’s some pictures of what a am building to flute the side of a bowl or dish , and maybe the top of one also.
Using Baltic birch plywood and a porta cable trim router I have had for years.
Still have come up with a cone that will set the depth of cut and not interfere in anyway. Will also buy a router bit extension.
Maybe will use a variable speed router maybe at a later date!

 

[Bill T Tucker]

Talk with John Lucas...this is his wheelhouse 😇

 

[Darryl Fective]

Looks like you're well into it. This kind of jig opens up lots of possibilities. I'm sort of wishing both me and my setup had more capabilities.

 

[Bill Alston]

Nice job. As I don’t have a table saw I went for the metalwork route, this is mine. It’s been modified to accept a different router as the one pictured wasn’t as smooth as the one that replaced it.

 

[Robert Lindstadt]

Nice job. As I don’t have a table saw I went for the metalwork route, this is mine. It’s been modified to accept a different router as the one pictured wasn’t as smooth as the one that replaced it.

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Yeah see that one but being a carpenter also I was thinking I could make one out of wood
I am thinking of changing router also
The new ones seem more suited to my jig that way I won’t need a router bit extension because I see some bad reviews on them

 

[Dave Landers]

Mine's pretty low tech. Simple carriage w/ 1/4" plywood - just screws on the router where the base plate goes. And a "table" on a post in the banjo. Second photo shows the cone I use for depth (turned and hot-glued onto the carriage). If I need stops for either end of the cut, I just hot-glue stops to the table.

 

[Bill Alston]

I should have said that I wanted to be able to do more with the jig than fluting. I also made a “swing” base for cutting curved details on platters etc.

 

[Robert Lindstadt]

Mine's pretty low tech. Simple carriage w/ 1/4" plywood - just screws on the router where the base plate goes. And a "table" on a post in the banjo. Second photo shows the cone I use for depth (turned and hot-glued onto the carriage). If I need stops for either end of the cut, I just hot-glue stops to the table.

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I was going for adjustability so I could do a demo on our clubs lath or other members lathe with out using the post to mount the table

 

[Dave Landers]

I was going for adjustability so I could do a demo on our clubs lath or other members lathe with out using the post to mount the table

And I was going for more of a "can I throw something together this afternoon" which is how most of my "version 1.0" jigs happen. Anything I find really useful normally gets a version 2 and maybe 3...

 

[Bob Brown]

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Nice job. As I don’t have a table saw I went for the metalwork route, this is mine. It’s been modified to accept a different router as the one pictured wasn’t as smooth as the one that replaced it.

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similar to the one Ray Jones made to make his boxes with wood hinges. He demoed years ago at Carolina Mountain. Don't know if info is available there.

 

[Darryl Fective]

Mine is also a low tech design. I wanted a simple and quick design just to get it up and working. I did retire the homemade index wheel in favor of a Chefware index wheel with a lot more options for spacing. I should probably update/upgrade the router setup for more capabilities, but that would take some time and design energy. It's way to easy for me to get sucked into turning other projects and/or creating other jigs/accessories.

 

[Robert Lindstadt]

Mine is also a low tech design. I wanted a simple and quick design just to get it up and working. I did retire the homemade index wheel in favor of a Chefware index wheel with a lot more options for spacing. I should probably update/upgrade the router setup for more capabilities, but that would take some time and design energy. It's way to easy for me to get sucked into turning other projects and/or creating other jigs/accessories.


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I like that dish you have there I might have to steal that idea !

 

[Darryl Fective]

I like that dish you have there I might have to steal that idea !

Go for it! I've done quite a few of these, mostly with good results. My profile picture was a club demo piece. I've also done inlays in inlays, (sort of 2 tone) crossed them, and mixed in some brass as well. They're a lot of fun.

 

[Josh Allen]

Love the different jigs. Wonderful to see different creativity.

 

[Robert Lindstadt]

Love the different jigs. Wonderful to see different creativity.

To me I like a challenge to build something even though it might not Be perfect! Never to old to learn new
Tricks! I like to find differs ways to make things happen lol

 

[Bill Alston]

I like making stuff as well. I could have bought my jig but a saw a few elements in the commercial design I didn’t like and found the materials to make my own on eBay. It took a while to make but a fun project and it works well.
I also made a sphere jig a while back as well.

 

[Robert Lindstadt]

I like making stuff as well. I could have bought my jig but a saw a few elements in the commercial design I didn’t like and found the materials to make my own on eBay. It took a while to make but a fun project and it works well.
I also made a sphere jig a while back as well.

I wasn’t sure if that was a bought one I went with wood because I don’t have a metal lathe to some of the machining
Yours is very impressive !

 

[Bill Alston]

I wasn’t sure if that was a bought one I went with wood because I don’t have a metal lathe to some of the machining
Yours is very impressive !

Thank you. Some of it was done on my MW lathe, the rest on a milling machine. Luckily they sold Aluminium channel on eBay so it’s even doable with hand tools?

 

[Robert Lindstadt]

Thank you. Some of it was done on my MW lathe, the rest on a milling machine. Luckily they sold Aluminium channel on eBay so it’s even doable with hand tools?

Well I think most of it could be done carefully with some electric tools
But not without some f ups!
But the router guide you made wound need a metal lathe?

 

[Bill Alston]

Yes, you’d ideally need a MW lathe.

 

[Robert Lindstadt]

Yes, you’d ideally need a MW lathe.

I might know somebody that has a small one

 

[Bill Alston]

My MW lathe is only an 8 1/2” x 14” but I do have a 5” independent Chuck for it that has enabled me to machine some parts I wouldn’t otherwise be able to. The standard size chucks for my lathe are normally only 4”.