Does anyone have any advise or wisdom to share on cutting coves with the TS. I have used this technique before on a very limited basis but would like to expand my knowledge on this technique.
Here is a set up I have used before to cut some coves on the top and bottom of some boxes I built.
In this case I clamped the fence up 45 degrees to the blade and ran my material through multiple passes raising the blade 1/16" for each pass.
This set up worked great for what I needed at the time but I understand you can use a similar set up to cut a full cove down the center of a board. I am just not sure how to set up the fence to make a full cove cut. A while back I read an article that mentioned you can change the shape (depth, width) of the cove by changing the angle of the fence to the blade.
Also, this technique requires a lot of sanding afterwards to remove the machine marks. Has anyone ever tried this technique using a molding head with a radius type cutter? If so, where the result any smoother?
I look forward to any advice that can be offered or discussion generated.
D L
Here is a set up I have used before to cut some coves on the top and bottom of some boxes I built.
In this case I clamped the fence up 45 degrees to the blade and ran my material through multiple passes raising the blade 1/16" for each pass.
This set up worked great for what I needed at the time but I understand you can use a similar set up to cut a full cove down the center of a board. I am just not sure how to set up the fence to make a full cove cut. A while back I read an article that mentioned you can change the shape (depth, width) of the cove by changing the angle of the fence to the blade.
Also, this technique requires a lot of sanding afterwards to remove the machine marks. Has anyone ever tried this technique using a molding head with a radius type cutter? If so, where the result any smoother?
I look forward to any advice that can be offered or discussion generated.
D L