Woodworker's Journal 2004 Spring, страница 41

Routing Round the Bend

Matching the tenon shoulders to the top rail's graceful arc is simple with this shop-built jig. By holding the slats in the exact relationship as they will have in the table, the jig allows you to rout curved ends onto the slats and then, with the aid of a piloted 3/8" rabbeting bit, form the tenons' curved shoulders.

Make the top rails first, then transfer their curve to the jig's top edge, as shown below. The bottom cleat is mounted just proud of the plane of the jig's surface. The shoulders of the bottom tenons register against this cleat, as shown in the Section View below.

the Curved Routing Jig

Curved Tenon Detail

Create this curve using the top rail's lower edge.

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Cleat Detail

(Section View)

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Strip to accommodate

Making curved tenon shoulders is easy if you use this jig and a bottom-bearing, flush-trimming bit to form the curve at the top of the slats.

After you cut the slats to size and machine their bottom tenons, the spacers of this jig will keep the slats properly spaced as you rout _£ the curve onto their opposite ends.

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Curved shoulder top tenon

Square -shoulder bottom tenon

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Spring 2004 Arts & Crafts Furniture