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Route a Bead?

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  • 27-10-2006 12:16pm
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    Fingalian
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    Lads,
    Bit stuck here, I need to route a bead on the edge of flat stock to make up some window casings. Does such a bit exist? cos if I have to do it with a scratch stock it will be a royal pain. I have attached a diagram of what I'm looking for, any help much appreciated. Thanks
    F.


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    TagC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭TagC


    Fingalian wrote:
    Lads,
    Bit stuck here, I need to route a bead on the edge of flat stock to make up some window casings. Does such a bit exist? cos if I have to do it with a scratch stock it will be a royal pain. I have attached a diagram of what I'm looking for, any help much appreciated. Thanks
    F.
    Fingalian, Did you have any luck? I've got the same here, alas every edge bead I can find has the flat rabbet at the bottom of the groove.

    Wondering if you ever found a direct match with the "V" groove?
    Will let you know if I do.


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    Fingalian
    Registered Users Posts: 378 ✭✭Fingalian


    Hi TagC,
    The nearest I came across was this one:-
    http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.asp?pf_id=21034&name=CMT+ROUTER+CUTTER&user_search=1&sfile=1&jump=24


    Trend do one in their Pro range but I cannot remember if the profile was a 'V' because the bit cost over 100 euro and I lost interest when I heard that!!

    I'm going to order the CMT one and see how the casing looks. It might do me. If I come across anything else I'll post back here.


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    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,432 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    My grandad was an antiques restorer, and often had to make all kinds of custom mouldings for stuff he was repairing. He used a spindle moulder, and ground his own blades to suit whatever he was trying to match. That would be an option if you could find a friendly woodworking workshop that had such a thing available.


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    derekcohen
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    Why don't you make up a scratch stock? This shouldn't take you more than 10 minutes and you will be easily able to reproduce the moulding in your drawing.

    Here is a link: http://www.geocities.com/plybench/scratch.html

    Regards from Perth

    Derek


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    Fingalian
    Registered Users Posts: 378 ✭✭Fingalian


    Yeah could do ,but I have a couple of hundred feet to do. Good link though ,thanks. Saw a nice bow saw on it. I'll have to go back for a mooch when I've more time. Cheers.


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