Been going crazy trying to make a cutting board for a friend. Should be a very easy task. I've done it a ton of times on straight cutting boards.
But for my friend I wanted to make one with a curvy connection between two of the boards in the middle. Not an inlay, but the two boards would be complimentary curves glued together.
Sounds simple enough, but I can't get the boards to match snugly. I cut the curve on the first board, sanded it smooth, then made a template of it out of 1/2" MDF with a pattern bit on the router table. OK. Good so far. It's making the complimentary board and then using a pattern bit on the 2nd piece of wood that I can't get it right.
What am I doing wrong, or how should I approach this differently? I've seen inlay techniques using a bushing and a handheld router. Is this a better approach?
Here's the present joint between the two boards:
Cutting board joint.jpg