Hi Harry
You'er Right no real advantage in using the skis for this job , but the skis help hold the weight off the router and off the template and because the templates need to be removed and fliped over many times it helps me keep the bit out of the template that's to say it's so easy to plunge the router down in the wrong place and wiping out a template the siks keeps me in the right spot..right over the template..
And you'er right again the router bit the with the cone bearing is the key for this type of carving.....plus the computer CNC made templates...
I did add a snapshot of one more type to the 1st. post and sometime this week I will add a Eage and a Spanish Fan and maybe one or two more other types..just for kicks..
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