If you are ok with the inside corners being rounded the radius of your router bit - this is easy -- just route it after everything is in place as BJ mentioned.
If you want/need sharp square inside corners -- you are going to have some detail work to do any way you go about it.
Have never tried BJ's suggestion - but no doubt it would work fine.
Here are a few others I have tried with reasonable success -
1 - Route 'after the fact' as above - then go back with a chisel, dremel tool, carving knife or your weapon of choice and hand finish the corners.
2 - Route the decorative edge as a seperate piece then miter and attach it like commercial molding/trim. This works great if you are doing a beaded edge where there is a natural line to mask the joint.
3 - Route your edging the full length of the stock -- or at least before the final cut. Then -- with a hand saw, band saw, scroll saw, etc. carefully remove and miter your edging as needed (see sketch).
Can't say that any one is better than another -- just depends on your own work style and the tools you are comfortable with.
No doubt you will get other good answers as well.
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Last edited by Drugstore Cowboy; 01-29-2008 at 02:06 PM.
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