Tom Henderson2
08-05-2020, 12:57 AM
Greetings all.
I have used prefabricated inlay banding a few times with good success.
You know the stuff; it comes in 36" lengths and you use a router to make shallow groove the proper width and glue it in place
Not too tough on flat surfaces and it can add a very nice detail to our work as there are a wide variety of banding designs available.
But what about putting it into a curved surface? How do you rout out the groove?
For example, if I wanted to put the banding where the blue stripe is shown in the attached image. Just try to hold the base up against the router table fence and manually rotate the work?
Seems dodgy and possibly unsafe. Note that the curved corners are 1/2" radius...
Any better suggestions?
I hope the question makes sense...
Thanks in advance!
I have used prefabricated inlay banding a few times with good success.
You know the stuff; it comes in 36" lengths and you use a router to make shallow groove the proper width and glue it in place
Not too tough on flat surfaces and it can add a very nice detail to our work as there are a wide variety of banding designs available.
But what about putting it into a curved surface? How do you rout out the groove?
For example, if I wanted to put the banding where the blue stripe is shown in the attached image. Just try to hold the base up against the router table fence and manually rotate the work?
Seems dodgy and possibly unsafe. Note that the curved corners are 1/2" radius...
Any better suggestions?
I hope the question makes sense...
Thanks in advance!