Julie Moriarty
02-17-2015, 4:04 PM
I'm working with African mahogany that I believe is probably sapwood. I bought it because it has beautiful figure. I've worked with it only once before and knew what I was getting into. It hates planing of any sort. Some of the wood fuzzes up even when ripping.
The wood will be used to frame mirrors in two of our bathrooms. This is the profile I'm going for (hatched area still needs removing):http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab233/jules42651/Woodworking/mirror%20trim_zpsuz3iuvhn.jpg
I used a drum sander to get all the boards to 3/4" thick. Then I ripped the bevel on all the boards. Some of them are less than straight and some have a small twist. I needed help feeding them through to keep them flush to the fence.
The next challenge was removing the hatched area. Because the boards aren't straight and I already cut the bevel, I decided against trying to rip out the waste and took the router table approach. I'm using a 1" mortise bit to remove the waste.
http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab233/jules42651/Woodworking/mirror%20trim_02_zpsj8s4ghp9.jpg
Feeds from right to left.
This is the worst of the first pass:
http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab233/jules42651/Woodworking/mirror%20trim_01_zpscvqgxbwh.jpg
I scored the board edges at the depth of the final pass and so far none of the chipouts have gone past that. The first pass was under 1/8". The final will be at 1/4". I planned on two more passes to complete the job. I'm just worried about what will happen when I get to that depth.
I thought about reversing the feed. The boards are 6' to 8' in length so they shouldn't fly out of my hands.
What would you do? (other than stop creating all this work for yourself and enjoy life!)
The wood will be used to frame mirrors in two of our bathrooms. This is the profile I'm going for (hatched area still needs removing):http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab233/jules42651/Woodworking/mirror%20trim_zpsuz3iuvhn.jpg
I used a drum sander to get all the boards to 3/4" thick. Then I ripped the bevel on all the boards. Some of them are less than straight and some have a small twist. I needed help feeding them through to keep them flush to the fence.
The next challenge was removing the hatched area. Because the boards aren't straight and I already cut the bevel, I decided against trying to rip out the waste and took the router table approach. I'm using a 1" mortise bit to remove the waste.
http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab233/jules42651/Woodworking/mirror%20trim_02_zpsj8s4ghp9.jpg
Feeds from right to left.
This is the worst of the first pass:
http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab233/jules42651/Woodworking/mirror%20trim_01_zpscvqgxbwh.jpg
I scored the board edges at the depth of the final pass and so far none of the chipouts have gone past that. The first pass was under 1/8". The final will be at 1/4". I planned on two more passes to complete the job. I'm just worried about what will happen when I get to that depth.
I thought about reversing the feed. The boards are 6' to 8' in length so they shouldn't fly out of my hands.
What would you do? (other than stop creating all this work for yourself and enjoy life!)