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Warning: that 'light sanding' trick for curved edges wrecked my template
A guy at a local shop near Austin told me to use a light sanding pass on the router template edge to get a smoother curve. I tried it on a mahogany piece and the bit grabbed, burning the wood and ruining the template in 20 minutes. Has anyone else had a supposedly simple tip go completely sideways on them?
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carr.gavin12d ago
200 bucks worth of cherry and a brand new Whiteside bit is what I lost on that exact same trick. Honestly, I was all for those little sanding passes too until I watched the bit just chew a divot right out of the MDF template in one bad spot. The whole thing got me to finally just buy a proper flush trim bit with a bearing, it is a pain to set up but at least I can walk away from the router without holding my breath. That burned mahogany smell is something else, man.
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xena_brown5012d ago
Isn't it funny how one bad burn teaches you more than a hundred smooth passes?
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