Routing a Gooseneck Molding
Making the molding on the top of this clock required an unusual method of template routing: using an overarm guide (see photo at right). The overarm guide is attached to the top of a router table, and is really just a long arm with a bearing screwed to its end. The bearing rides against the template, and can follow inside or outside curves and straight sections.
The overarm guide allows you to shape a profile that wouldn’t be possible to make with standard bearing-guided bits. Let me walk you through the steps of making this molding, and I’ll show you how the guide works. |
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4. To complete the profile, I flipped over the workpiece and template, and used a roundover bit. This specialty bit has a bottom bearing which rides directly on the workpiece. |
5. I completed the molding by bandsawing the outside curve, then smoothed the curve with an oscillating spindle sander. |
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