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I have just posted an article (not a video!) on cutting in an airframe hatch using a router jig:
jcrocket.com/routed-hatch.shtml
jcrocket.com/routed-hatch.shtml
Very clean. I like the fact that parts become interchangable as opposed to custom fit.
Well, I actually cut the mounting plate from a scrap of body tube, but if you used a coupler you could double the wall thickness in that area.Is there a benefit to cutting the inner mounting flange off the coupler tube other than weight? Would leaving it in strengthen the body tube or will glassing take care of that?
Yep, love that dust collection, not to mention the great way the collet works.Mr. Coker, that looks suspiciously like a Festool OF1400.
Absolutely. I cut everything that I can with it. Draw once, cut many times!Did you make the template shapes on your CNC router? I'll bet ya did....
Nice, I never thought to use a square jig on a round tube. Which then begs the question why not use the same type jig for the actual lid/hatch cover? I would guess that you could put it on one of the two "empty" side of the main jig. Or did I miss a dimension some where?I have just posted an article (not a video!) on cutting in an airframe hatch using a router jig:
jcrocket.com/routed-hatch.shtml
I suppose you could, but it's hard to keep a part clamped and guide the router around a cutout part, especially as you're nearing the end of the cut. (The biggest problem with this sort of thing is chattering, so you want things firmly mounted during routing.)Nice, I never thought to use a square jig on a round tube. Which then begs the question why not use the same type jig for the actual lid/hatch cover? I would guess that you could put it on one of the two "empty" side of the main jig. Or did I miss a dimension some where?
For things like this, I love that you can draw it and produce it... the idea and the object are the same. No more ideas frustrated by trying to gnaw them out of wood with a dremel and hacksaw. From a profit standpoint, it sure is slick........ :wink:
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I suppose you could, but it's hard to keep a part clamped and guide the router around a cutout part, especially as you're nearing the end of the cut. (The biggest problem with this sort of thing is chattering, so you want things firmly mounted during routing.)
Thanks for the kind words all.
Unlike the majority of my recent how-to efforts, this was text/pictures instead of video. Do you like article/blog style more or less than video?
Thanks for the kind words all.
Unlike the majority of my recent how-to efforts, this was text/pictures instead of video. Do you like article/blog style more or less than video?
Absolutely. I cut everything that I can with it. Draw once, cut many times!
Thanks for the kind words all.
Unlike the majority of my recent how-to efforts, this was text/pictures instead of video. Do you like article/blog style more or less than video?
Thanks for the kind words all.
Unlike the majority of my recent how-to efforts, this was text/pictures instead of video. Do you like article/blog style more or less than video?
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