[Shop-talk] cove (or 'dish') style cut on a piece of wood.

[John P. New]

Heh, the original post was in December 2018, so you've just forgotten that you saw it...

John P. New
London, Ontario, Canada

On Sunday, February 10, 2019 4:07:33 PM EST Randall via Shop-talk wrote:
> Hmm, looks like the list server is stuttering again.  I got Phil's reply,
> but not the original post.
> 
> Anyway, if you had some way to guide the piece, I might try doing the table
> saw trick.  But it would have to be a very shallow cut, repeated several
> times to get 1/2" depth.  A good carbide wood blade will cut sideways, but
> only to the depth of the carbide inserts.
> 
> Probably also not that hard to rig a wood lathe with the swing you need.
> Maybe mount a cheap bench grinder so one end hangs off the edge of the bench
> (giving you somewhere around 7' of swing) and drive the other end.  Main
> difficulty with that is setting up the belt (or gear) train to turn it
> slowly enough.  I've got a DC motor from an old treadmill that would
> probably do the job, combined with a decent (load sensing) electronic speed
> control.
> 
> -- Randall 
> 56 TR3 TS13571L once and future daily driver
> 71 Stag LE1473 - awaiting engine rebuild
> 71-2-3 Stag - awaiting gearbox rebuild 
> 
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