chris fox
12-04-2006, 12:54 PM
This is a finishing touch on a puzzle box I made for my son. The top of the box will have 4 wood spheres with a slot in them. Two spheres will hold a 9" x 12" puzzle on angle, so the top will display 2 puzzles. The box holds 12 puzzles all together. The box can be bought but I built one with scrape BB and shellac. These accent spheres will get painted.
My first idea is to fasten the sphere via a wood screw, create a MDF fixture that suspends the sphere over my TS blade and make my passes. I dont have a dado blad so multiple passes will do. Remove the screw wedge in a .38" mdf(maybe with 2 sided tape) then use this to cut the flat which gets glued to the top of the puzzle box.
The mills at work will be occupied for a while which is probably the easiest, secure on a vice and run passes using 3/8 endmill.
The dimensions are approx.
Anyway, please offer your suggestions for safe cutting.
Attached is a pic...
thanks,
Chris
My first idea is to fasten the sphere via a wood screw, create a MDF fixture that suspends the sphere over my TS blade and make my passes. I dont have a dado blad so multiple passes will do. Remove the screw wedge in a .38" mdf(maybe with 2 sided tape) then use this to cut the flat which gets glued to the top of the puzzle box.
The mills at work will be occupied for a while which is probably the easiest, secure on a vice and run passes using 3/8 endmill.
The dimensions are approx.
Anyway, please offer your suggestions for safe cutting.
Attached is a pic...
thanks,
Chris