I have been working (not too successfully) on ideas for developing a router technique for making the barrel staves.
My goal is to be able to produce barrels of speciific size with repeatable accuracy.
Barral staves are tapered and angled along the edges where they join. I believe the taper describes an arc also. This would mean that the stave is widest in the middle with gentle curving tapers running off to each end with the edges angled.
The result, when assembled, is a rounded, double ended, conical shape tapering to the top and bottom of the barrel.
The old school method is to do this by hand with draw knives and specialty planes. I 'd like to figure a way to do it with a rounter and jigs.
So far I'm stumped. The elegant geometry of a barrel stave is defying me.
Any one ever accomplish this have any resources or info?
My goal is to be able to produce barrels of speciific size with repeatable accuracy.
Barral staves are tapered and angled along the edges where they join. I believe the taper describes an arc also. This would mean that the stave is widest in the middle with gentle curving tapers running off to each end with the edges angled.
The result, when assembled, is a rounded, double ended, conical shape tapering to the top and bottom of the barrel.
The old school method is to do this by hand with draw knives and specialty planes. I 'd like to figure a way to do it with a rounter and jigs.
So far I'm stumped. The elegant geometry of a barrel stave is defying me.
Any one ever accomplish this have any resources or info?