I wonder if hand-held with an edge guide would work. You'd have to be careful near the ends. To do it on the router table with a fence it would probably be helpful to extend the table (temporarily) because the work would be harder to keep level as you work your way in to the final pass.
Cap rails for sailboat
Hi,
I have to manufacture new cap rails for my sailboat. The wood I will be using is Iroko and I will be cutting the new curved caprails out of 6" X 8' 7/8 inch boards. Each segment of the cap rail will need to be 1 3/4" wide X 8' long. A 1/4" deep X 1 1/2" rabbet will need to be cut on the underside of each caprail. My question is how to best accomplish this with a portable router both in terms of stabilizing the caprail to the work bench and best type of bit to use. Remember that each caprail segment is curved.
Thanks,
Marcelo
I have to manufacture new cap rails for my sailboat. The wood I will be using is Iroko and I will be cutting the new curved caprails out of 6" X 8' 7/8 inch boards. Each segment of the cap rail will need to be 1 3/4" wide X 8' long. A 1/4" deep X 1 1/2" rabbet will need to be cut on the underside of each caprail. My question is how to best accomplish this with a portable router both in terms of stabilizing the caprail to the work bench and best type of bit to use. Remember that each caprail segment is curved.
Thanks,
Marcelo
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I agree - that's an excellent job, well done.
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