Scott Winners
08-09-2022, 10:18 PM
I am in the home stretch on a current project. I have built a case out of 1/2 inch USA birch veneer ply. It has shelves in it. The face is now covered with 1/4 actual BB plywood.
I did shelf lips (opposite of drop edges) as a structural component, and then wee slivers of more BB between the lips to make it uniform.
There is a pic of the scale model in this thread, post 7 I think: https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?298532-cellar-shelves-for-canned-goods&p=3207113#post3207113
For the outer edges of the casework I used a 45 degree chamfer bit with a guide bearing on it and I am satisfied. I could do the same up and down the front on the outer edges.
The problem is I was hoping to put a 45 degree chamfer on all the shelf openings all the way around, one eighth by one eighth. By the time I park one eighth inch of my guide bearing on the 1/4 actual BB face pieces, I won't be making a visible cut with the chamfer bit I have. If I set my existing bit for 1/8 depth of cut the bearing will be riding on air.
My best guess at this point is to use a sanding block to make a chamfer maybe 1/16 x 1/16 in all ten openings... I have only got two coats of shellac on the visible side and the opposite side is bare factory, so I do have time to order up a special bit. I should mention my one router has a quarter inch chuck and I am not especially excited in buying a trim router, the router I have is my least favorite tool.
Couple current pics.
Thanks in advance.
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I did shelf lips (opposite of drop edges) as a structural component, and then wee slivers of more BB between the lips to make it uniform.
There is a pic of the scale model in this thread, post 7 I think: https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?298532-cellar-shelves-for-canned-goods&p=3207113#post3207113
For the outer edges of the casework I used a 45 degree chamfer bit with a guide bearing on it and I am satisfied. I could do the same up and down the front on the outer edges.
The problem is I was hoping to put a 45 degree chamfer on all the shelf openings all the way around, one eighth by one eighth. By the time I park one eighth inch of my guide bearing on the 1/4 actual BB face pieces, I won't be making a visible cut with the chamfer bit I have. If I set my existing bit for 1/8 depth of cut the bearing will be riding on air.
My best guess at this point is to use a sanding block to make a chamfer maybe 1/16 x 1/16 in all ten openings... I have only got two coats of shellac on the visible side and the opposite side is bare factory, so I do have time to order up a special bit. I should mention my one router has a quarter inch chuck and I am not especially excited in buying a trim router, the router I have is my least favorite tool.
Couple current pics.
Thanks in advance.
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