Bushwacked Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 So after some research and math and all that fun stuff … finally getting started … got everything cut and glued up man was that an entertaining glue up. Took awhile to get it all situated… now my issue I am trying to figure out is how to sand the insides without losing the circle form. I was thinking rigid spindle sander?? But not sure how well that would do in keeping the form of the interior circle. There’s a good amount of glue I need to sand out … next up will be working on the base for this .. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 7 hours ago, Bushwacked said: So after some research and math and all that fun stuff … finally getting started … got everything cut and glued up man was that an entertaining glue up. Took awhile to get it all situated… now my issue I am trying to figure out is how to sand the insides without losing the circle form. I was thinking rigid spindle sander?? But not sure how well that would do in keeping the form of the interior circle. There’s a good amount of glue I need to sand out … next up will be working on the base for this .. Nice.. for the inside circle, you could make a circle jig and use a flush trim bit to clean it up.. This will also give you a perfect template for the bottom.. Just a thought. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwacked Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Kev said: Nice.. for the inside circle, you could make a circle jig and use a flush trim bit to clean it up.. This will also give you a perfect template for the bottom.. Just a thought. So trying to think through this … basically a donut right? Then attach it and run the flush trim bit… correct? also .. forgot to add the smaller inside dimension was 3 1/8” … after all that math haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenskye (Bryan) Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 I wouldn’t worry to much about losing the shape. I doubt people will even know it isn’t a perfect circle. So I would first scrap the squeeze out. If you have a soft pad on a ROS you should be able to follow the curvature. It is gentle enough and keeping it moving should get the job done. Kev’s Idea of making a circle jig is good and helps with the bottom. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwacked Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 5 hours ago, Woodenskye (Bryan) said: I wouldn’t worry to much about losing the shape. I doubt people will even know it isn’t a perfect circle. So I would first scrap the squeeze out. If you have a soft pad on a ROS you should be able to follow the curvature. It is gentle enough and keeping it moving should get the job done. Kev’s Idea of making a circle jig is good and helps with the bottom. Valid points. I’ll take a stab at this first and see how it goes. I do have a soft pad on my orbital I’ll see how it goes. also picked up this guy to rabbet the bottom out for the base. Figure that would look better than just sticking it to the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 7 hours ago, Bushwacked said: So trying to think through this … basically a donut right? Then attach it and run the flush trim bit… correct? Yep.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenskye (Bryan) Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 With the shape of the item 3 or 4 passes for the bottom would be wise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwacked Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Woodenskye (Bryan) said: With the shape of the item 3 or 4 passes for the bottom would be wise. Was thinking the same. Especially first time using a bit like this. So not sure how it will go yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 12 hours ago, Bushwacked said: also .. forgot to add the smaller inside dimension was 3 1/8” … after all that math haha So how did you arrive at that dimension? My brother said it was 3.142”. I hate that he’s smarter than me! 😀 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwacked Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 (edited) 19 hours ago, Coop said: So how did you arrive at that dimension? My brother said it was 3.142”. I hate that he’s smarter than me! 😀 20"D x 3.141 (pie) = 63.82" (circumference) Circumference / 3.13 (inside length) = 20.07 (= 20 pieces) 360 / 20 = 18* (overall cut angle) 18* / 2 = 9* (cut angle for each side) Edited January 30, 2022 by Bushwacked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwacked Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 ok got the rabbet cut in there … it’s 5/16” according to Freud labels haha. Took 3 passes to go 1/2” up and cut like butter. now after looking at this I am curious if I might need to change to 1 size deeper in? Mainly thinking this as the bottom is not a pure circle so there will be some gaps and wanted to make sure my circle base covers everything … what would y’all do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenskye (Bryan) Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 I would probably leave as it is and get in finished up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwacked Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 2 hours ago, Woodenskye (Bryan) said: I would probably leave as it is and get in finished up. talked me into it ... just gonna go with it and see how it goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 If you went 1 size deeper in, won’t you still have the same gap? Kinda like running a bowed board thru the planner, same bow out as in. Use something like a router circle cutting jig to make it completely round on the inside. And use the same jig to create the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 14 hours ago, Bushwacked said: ok got the rabbet cut in there … it’s 5/16” according to Freud labels haha. Took 3 passes to go 1/2” up and cut like butter. now after looking at this I am curious if I might need to change to 1 size deeper in? Mainly thinking this as the bottom is not a pure circle so there will be some gaps and wanted to make sure my circle base covers everything … what would y’all do? I would have made it round first with the flush trim and a template. Then I'd of used that template to create a bottom with no gaps - or minimal ones at best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwacked Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 3 hours ago, Kev said: I would have made it round first with the flush trim and a template. Then I'd of used that template to create a bottom with no gaps - or minimal ones at best. So I was about to do that. Then realized with the template on there to get a clean circle on both inside and out so it was same thickness all around I needed thicker stock. Since this is not a perfect circle and is a little off it would have brought down the thickness to like 1/2” or less. so this is what the bottom looks like with the test piece in. next time I know I need to leave the stock as thick as possible so I can then cut the perfect circles and not have skinny looking sides. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 I suppose you could epoxy the bottom to fill those in? It's the bottom so, you won't see it.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 I featured gaps on the inside/top as well. Looks damn good bud! I’m curious as to how you glued that up? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwacked Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, Kev said: I suppose you could epoxy the bottom to fill those in? It's the bottom so, you won't see it.. hmmm I will ponder that, but true it is the bottom... 10 hours ago, Coop said: I featured gaps on the inside/top as well. Looks damn good bud! I’m curious as to how you glued that up? I have not glued it yet. That was the test piece just to make sure my circle was the correct size. I should be able to cut out the real piece today. I glued up the panels yesterday.... unless you meant the outside? Edited February 2, 2022 by Bushwacked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Yeah, the outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwacked Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 2 hours ago, Coop said: Yeah, the outside. Here is a time lapsed version so you can relive the struggle with me haha 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 You got the last few seconds of work time on the glue! Good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwacked Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share Posted February 3, 2022 11 hours ago, Coop said: You got the last few seconds of work time on the glue! Good job! hah! ya I needed every second of working time! I was starting to wonder if I was gonna make it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwacked Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) dry fit done ... now time to finish sanding it all. Edited February 9, 2022 by Bushwacked 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Looking good! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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