Thursday, May 10, 2007

routing again


More on the router today making the two sections of facing for the top of the door frame. The method is similar, but because there is a curve I make a template out of plywood and use that to guide the router to make a groove that will give a fairly sharp line to follow when carving stuff out later. I also had to do a fair bit of hunting about to find a suitable piece of wood for both bits as I wanted something pretty fine grained. While searching I also started figuring out which bits I might use for the door, cutting the ends off and sniffing wood to check grain and species.