glenn bradley
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I saw one of these in an email . . . from Fine Woodworking I think. Dad's neighbors have been very helpful since mom passed and I wanted to thank them. I feel it is presumptuous to give someone a wall cabinet or picture frame that may not be their style. Since she likes to cook and he likes to eat, I thought this would work well. I wasn't real sure how to go about it so I just blatantly copied the picture although I believe mine is smaller. I used hard maple as the basis for the blank and walnut, cherry and padouk for the inlay. I glued up the blank, marked out a curve that I liked, transferred that curve to a pattern and faired the curve with a file.
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Clamp the pattern to the blank and use a template collar on the router to route a curved groove. Saw the blank apart on the bandsaw, smooth the inside edges and clamp the first laminated inlay between the halves restoring the blank to rectangular.
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This was my first go at this thing so I went overkill on the clamps .
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Clamp the pattern to the blank and use a template collar on the router to route a curved groove. Saw the blank apart on the bandsaw, smooth the inside edges and clamp the first laminated inlay between the halves restoring the blank to rectangular.
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This was my first go at this thing so I went overkill on the clamps .
Cont'd . . . .
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