The bits do exist but I'm not having any luck finding info now. I made this aquarium stand in the late 90's using a Whiteside bit for the edge detail. I believe it was a whitside bit but not positive.
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Here is better detail on what I am looking for.
All of the offered “do it yourself “ suggestions are good solid , low cost or no cost , get it done for “free” and quick ideas. The tops of the
pieces have such a shallow depth. It’s a “getter done ,and brag to the wife thing”. Don’t turn down your chance !
It looks like this one will work for you. Its cutting length is 1 inch bit you don't need the 1/8 (assuming) flats on the top or bottom either so raise it 7/8" on the router table and run the 3/4 material through.
https://www.whitesiderouterbits.com/products/3200
Edit: you'll need to use your fence as a guide, the bearing will be kind of useless due to the extra cutting length.
Last edited by John Kananis; 01-16-2023 at 7:31 PM.
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Look what I have found at Lee Valley. I did not even know Stanley had their name on router bits. This is not an exact match but looks to be close enough for what I am doing. A lot cheaper than custom tooling by a long shot.
I was able to find this thanks to all the helpful people posting suggestions that I followed up on. Thank you everyone!
I received a response early this morning via email. I had used their website "contact us" page and included a link to the picture I posted here in my first post to this thread. My message to Whiteside was almost verbatim to my first post. The response was "Which piece is the ¾” piece?", which I found very strange. Judging by the numerous responses here everyone knew which piece of wood I was talking about. I responded with a closeup picture with a ruler on the edge of the wood and have not heard back.
Last edited by Dave Zellers; 01-16-2023 at 11:50 PM.
What you found is a beading bit which is clearly not what you are looking for. The center section is flat like the right and left. Perhaps a parting bit with a larger bearing or buy the bit you showed and replace the bearing with a slightly larger one?
I agree the beading bit will not produce the exact profile as the original. As you suggest changing to a larger bearing should leave a small flat. Then maybe a little sanding and I will get close enough to original.
The original piece is a small table that I restored/refinished. The table was a trash day roadside find by a neighbor. She was all excited and showed it to me with intentions of her doing the restore. I looked at the table a second time and told her it was solid black walnut and should not be too difficult to redo. She let it sit in her garage for a couple weeks and then asked me if I wanted it. Said no and then change my mind as I was looking for a project to work on. Also told her if I did all the work I would not give it back when finished, to which she agreed.
The original glue joints were brittle and I was able to completely disassemble the table with no damage. Making it much easier to strip, repair and refinish. One leg was cracked which was a pretty easy repair. The original finish stripped relatively easy and left a nice surface that required sanding only. I did the new finish in shellac which I think was the original finish. There were some lighter areas of wood so I also used a walnut colored stain before the shellac, to even out the color of the wood.
The table turned out nice enough that I have been asked by two people to make one each for them. One of the people being the person that found the original! This is why I want a bit to cut the profile on the legs. The table top edge detail should be doable with bits I have on hand. Or at least get close.
I think the table was made somewhere in the 1950's or early 1960's. I stripped and sanded away the makers markings on the bottom side of the table top which I now regret. There was an ink stamped number 933 1/2, pencil writing that I could not read- maybe the workers initials and a chalk written number.