A "How do I do this" ?

[Alan R McDaniel Jr]

I want to make #1 wife a baguette/french bread slicing rack. It's pretty basic but I'm in a quandary as to how to cut the channel. Aside from hacking it out with an adze or Lancelot tool, I thought about rigging an offset fence on the table saw. I'd only try to take off about 1/4" at a time.

Anybody ever done this?

Alan

 

[Ryan Mooney]

Wow I'd never heard of such a thin, you learn something new every day.

I'm guessing you're looking at something like the below? For a one off I'd probably just go at it with a couple of gouges, wouldn't take more than a couple hours. For more than one I'd be looking for someone with a CNC

 

[Alan R McDaniel Jr]

Yes, that's it.

Alan

 

[Alan R McDaniel Jr]

I was actually thinking of having it open at both ends, but that one looks a bit more refined.

Alan

 

[Ted Calver]

This might work. Maybe set up a template to match the desired channel.

 

[Dan Noren]

oh leo!!

 

[steve ramsey]

You can make a quick template out of 1/4" tempered masonite or mdf and attached with double sided tape. Then use the bowl & tray bit Ted suggested.

 

[Bill Satko]

I want to make #1 wife a baguette/french bread slicing rack.

Am I the only one wondering what his #2 wife thinks of all this?

 

[glenn bradley]

Am I the only one wondering what his #2 wife thinks of all this?

No, that hit me too .

For one that is open on both ends I would start with a wider blank, cut the cove on the tablesaw, and refine from there. This is a technique to practice carefully.

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I had a snare-drum-sphincter the first couple of times but this has become a normal thing for me now. The calculator is OK but I tend to just draw the arc on the end of a test blank and dial it in form there.

 

[Frank Fusco]

I'm with Ryan. A woodcarving gouge and mallet. Should be much less than a couple hours.

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

Personally, I think I'd go with the table saw route, since I already have that tool on hand. Like Glenn said, the first cove cut on a table saw can be a bit of a backside clencher, but with properly clamped guides on both sides of the workpiece it's a pretty straightforward operation.

 

[Leo Voisine]

In could be done on a router table with a couple of stops.

Rough it out on a router table and finish it off with gouges, dremel, sanding.

An angle grinder with a sanding disk could also work.

A hand held plunge router with a template is also an idea.

 

[Alan R McDaniel Jr]

Am I the only one wondering what his #2 wife thinks of all this?

There is no #2 wife, and there never will be.... I've learned my lesson....

Alan

 

[Alan R McDaniel Jr]

I think I'm going to try the table saw first. I'm not adept with the plunge router (since I've never used it. It just sits there daring me to come near it). I'll try some practice runs on something soft to get the hang of it before I do the real thing.

Alan

 

[Dan Noren]

after watching all of these comments, my curse of creativity has been prodded into motion...

 

[glenn bradley]

I think I'm going to try the table saw first. I'm not adept with the plunge router (since I've never used it. It just sits there daring me to come near it). I'll try some practice runs on something soft to get the hang of it before I do the real thing.

Alan

Not trying to push you. I think the tablesaw is the answer to your cove-cut challenge right now. This is not true for all woodworkers but the router is the solution for many ideas I have. Someday, down the road, I predict that you will wonder how you ever got by without a plunge router ;-)

 

[Leo Voisine]

There is no better time than now to learn.

Try it on some pine just to practice.

 

[Dan Noren]

i even bought a loaf of french bread, just to get the measurements (and eat it, toasted with garlic and butter).