village

Hello all,

I am building a picket fence about 200 feet and would like to round the top of each in a semi circle shape. How can i do this on a router table or with a hand held router.

ANy help much appreciated

Matt

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bobj3

HI Matt

I think the band saw would do the job alot easyer.. and quicker
BUT if you don't have a band saw the router table can do it also..
But you will need top make a easy to make pivot jig..

It will work on the band saw or the router table..
It would look something like a lazzy susan jig..

That's to say the fence picket would sit on the top part of the jig and the base of the susan jig would be clamped to the table top,,, it that way you would pop in the fence picket and just turn it by the blade or bit..200 would take a bit of time but they would be all the same...

If you need any help with the jig just ask ..

NOTE****
If you don't have a band saw just mount your jig saw in your router table, it will make a quick job of the 200 you need to do...


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village

That great thanks for the help.

So basically the jig is 2 pieces of wood pivotted with a dowell. I clamp the bottom to the router table and then the picket to the moveable top. Whats the easiest wasy to clamp in the pickets to the top of the jig so it doesnt take me too much time to move betwen pickets. The pickets are 1x6 cedar will i be able to make one pass and cut through slowly or will multiple passes be required. Also what bit would be best to use. Cheers Matt

bobj3

HI Matt

You got it ,,, the side boards on the one part of the jig should hold the pickets in place by the holding them down with your hand and the force of the cam action by having two side boards holding them in place....like I said the band saw would be best because the pulling force is going down, but the router should work but you will need to keep the presser down with you hand , you could put on a cam holding clamp device if you don't want to hold it by hand.. a quick snap down and it's locked in place ,,

I would use a standard strait router bit and make the cut in one pass, most pickets are 1/2" TO 3/4" thick and soft wood ...

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Bob J.

Mike

Another method which would take a bit of time to set up but be much faster in use is to build a template from a 4' wide section of masonite.(hardboard) Once you cut the shape for multiple pickets on the edge you would fasten it to your fence with two clamps and cut the shape on 4' wide sections at a time. As long as you have a chaulk line snapped to indicate the level for the length of the fence set up should be quick and easy.

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bobj3

HI Mike

You lost me on that one, how about a small dawing....



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harrysin

I'm sure the way that I would go about it would be to make a simple template out of a scrap piece of MDF by making it the same width as the pickets, now draw the curve and cut round it with whatever type of saw you have. You now have a piece of MDF the width of the pickets and it's length is unimportant,six inches would be fine, now with a couple of panel pins attach the template to each picket in turn and using a bearing cutter in the table simply rout around them. I would have a fence or pin in place to guide the wood into the cutter. It would of course reduce the amount of routing if you first remove most of the waste by whatever means you have available.+

Even I became a little confused reading my own post, so here is a quick photo-shoot which will make it crystal clear.

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Great pictures Harry, pictures are worth a 1000 words and are so much easer to follow. Also great to see equipment with dust on it, as it shows that it was used to produce the end result.
Cheers
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karateed

Wow Harry, you're good....every thing from foot sanding to picket fence production. Very nice indeed & good foto shoot.

Ed......:-)

harrysin

Thanks Ed., unlike the odd member, I really can do most if not all the things that I comment on and have never shied away from proving it. Theory and pretty illustrated books have their place, but years of practical experience can't be beaten.

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