Hello to all and thank you for letting me join the Router Forums community.
I am in the process of making the wife an arbor for the backyard garden and have some questions, mostly looking for expert advice. The arbor is basically made using Qty four 4 X 4 post in a square pattern and the top arch is the part in question. The arch top will be made with Cedar 2 x 6's, and will be 3" thick (doubling up the 2 x 6's), I used a segment calculator, determined the length of each segment at roughly 21.5" and cut the 2 x 6's at 22.5 degrees (basically a half octagon). Arch will be big, basically 51" or so outside, to 44" inside (give or take a little).
My Router is a Craftsman 27683 12 amp 2HP (Chervon Mfg, thinking maybe a Chinese copy of a Bosch 1617).
I do have a router jig, Jasper Model 300. I know I could have made a jig. I am trying to simplify and take potential pitfalls out of the equation.
The router bit is a Whiteside #RU5150 Spiral Up Cut Bit - 1/2" SH X 1/2" CD X 1-1/2" CL
I literally have zero router experience even though I have a fair amount of woodworking experience, four years High School wood-shop using Shapers, Planers, Jointers, Cabinet Saws, Lathes, etc.
I have cut the 2 x 6's to keep the grain all oriented the same direction the best I can.
I plan on taking shallow passes, even though I have not determined what constitutes a shallow pass, maybe 1/8"?
Plan on keeping the feed rate slow, RPM's at ???? (Router has 10,000 - 25,000 as I recall).
Plan on clamping the work down to a solid table, working at about normal workbench height.
I have mocked up a doug fir 2 x 6 top to get some practice, beyond that I have no idea what I am doing.
My comments above are based on my research of do's and don'ts.
THANK YOU FOR ANY COMMENTS!
I am in the process of making the wife an arbor for the backyard garden and have some questions, mostly looking for expert advice. The arbor is basically made using Qty four 4 X 4 post in a square pattern and the top arch is the part in question. The arch top will be made with Cedar 2 x 6's, and will be 3" thick (doubling up the 2 x 6's), I used a segment calculator, determined the length of each segment at roughly 21.5" and cut the 2 x 6's at 22.5 degrees (basically a half octagon). Arch will be big, basically 51" or so outside, to 44" inside (give or take a little).
My Router is a Craftsman 27683 12 amp 2HP (Chervon Mfg, thinking maybe a Chinese copy of a Bosch 1617).
I do have a router jig, Jasper Model 300. I know I could have made a jig. I am trying to simplify and take potential pitfalls out of the equation.
The router bit is a Whiteside #RU5150 Spiral Up Cut Bit - 1/2" SH X 1/2" CD X 1-1/2" CL
I literally have zero router experience even though I have a fair amount of woodworking experience, four years High School wood-shop using Shapers, Planers, Jointers, Cabinet Saws, Lathes, etc.
I have cut the 2 x 6's to keep the grain all oriented the same direction the best I can.
I plan on taking shallow passes, even though I have not determined what constitutes a shallow pass, maybe 1/8"?
Plan on keeping the feed rate slow, RPM's at ???? (Router has 10,000 - 25,000 as I recall).
Plan on clamping the work down to a solid table, working at about normal workbench height.
I have mocked up a doug fir 2 x 6 top to get some practice, beyond that I have no idea what I am doing.
My comments above are based on my research of do's and don'ts.
THANK YOU FOR ANY COMMENTS!
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