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====== What I want to accomplish ====== | ====== What I want to accomplish ====== | ||
- | * Do some test cuts of some scrap plywood with the router. | + | * Do some test cuts of some scrap plywood with the router, |
+ | * Build a circle-cutting jig, | ||
+ | * See how plywood sands, | ||
+ | * Test out the stain, | ||
+ | * Test out the varnish. | ||
====== What I've done ====== | ====== What I've done ====== | ||
- | I want to experiment with a few different factors: | + | === Circle-cutting jig === |
- | * Direction | + | {{: |
- | * Depth of cut, | + | |
- | * Speed of cut, | + | I inherited this router from my father in law. It took a moderate amount of WD40 and violence but I got all the moving parts moving. It's quite powerful, and takes 1/2" bits. Some of the attachments are missing but I bodged together the above quickly. There is very little flex or wobble in this system, so it should cut good circles. |
- | * Bit choice, | + | |
- | * Blowing sawdust away. | + | === Test cuts === |
+ | I got some old scrap bits of plywood and rounded off one of the ends. I tried a few shallow cuts with a 8mm straight router bit and it was effortlessly cutting through without slowing down or leaving much of a burr. I haven' | ||
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+ | I did have some blow-out at the start and ends of the cut where one of the internal layers was spat out the side. I won't have this when cutting a circle, because there are no ends. The cut also exposed some internal voids in the ply: knots laminated on both sides. I'm not sure what I'll do if I encounter those when cutting the proper board. If there' | ||
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+ | I ran a great many cuts in different directions with different feedrates. | ||
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+ | My conclusion is that the direction doesn' | ||
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+ | === Stain test === | ||
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+ | I also sanded and stained a scrap piece of ply. I started with 80-grit and ended up with 320 grit, sanding by hand with a sanding block. The surface was smooth but lumpy on a larger scale. I think I need to spend longer with the coarser sandpaper to even out the bumps. I'll be sanding the actual board with an orbital sander, so it won't be so tiring. | ||
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+ | I dusted the wood off and put a moderately thick coat of stain on and wiped most of it off with a chux after a minute or two. There are some deep scratches from the coarser grades of sandpaper. I think I just need to spend longer sanding with the finer grades to remove these. | ||
====== What I want to accomplish next time ====== | ====== What I want to accomplish next time ====== | ||
- | * Build a circle-cutting jig for the router. | + | * Go through |
+ | * Build a wood steamer and bend the edge strips. | ||
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