Question on cutting circles

**Wild Dingo** · 15th November 2004, 07:13 PM

Gidday fellas
Got a wee question if I may

Im presently making Chrissy pressies like a demented chook! clocks out the wazoo boating hydrometers/barometers/compass thingys up the khyber pass :eek: Man im beginin to hate clocks!! :mad:

What Im about to do is make a thingymajig for my hippy sister... now Im thinkin of one of those "ying and yang" things? you know where theres the half black circle and half white with two smaller circles in each and a wavy line through?... anyways! the timbers Im going to use are Jarrah and Sheoak with a line of Tuart through... the small circles Im leaving empty so I can sit a couple of buddahs in them the base will be banksia...

so anyways! to make a long story short as possible... without a bandsaw to me name how would be the best way of cutting these matching circles so they match :eek: ... Im thinking a peice each of the Jarrah and Sheoak somehow stuck together a circle drawn on the top most one and the ever handy jigsaw to cut them... that way they should match up {and bonus being Id have anothery to give to another hippy member of the tribe

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So how would be a good read best way of keepin these two peices of timber from wandering away from each other? Screws? glue? duct tape?

Oh size?... the overall size of the circle when combined should be no more than 10in across {is that the diagonal? or the radius? damn wish I hadda taken more notice way back in math 101

} it will stand {inclusive of the stand itself about 14in high... oh ! almost forgot the thickness of the circle... 1/2in thick

Any thoughts? Am I on the right track or totally mucked up again?

Thanks fellas for any responses

**soundman** · 15th November 2004, 09:50 PM

I recon a router is your friend.
The old jigsaw i recon is a bit of a butchery tool realy.

If you eithr make a template or use the supplied fence in circle cutting mode you should get very accurate results with purpendicular cuts.
better still make a funky template to do the whole swirly half circle thing.

you could bang em out by the dozen every one the same.

cheers

**AlexS** · 15th November 2004, 11:25 PM

If you have a router it's the way to go, but if you haven't, the jigsaw should do the job - it'll just take a bit longer to clean up.

**gatiep** · 16th November 2004, 01:01 AM

Use double sided, also known as carpet tape. Good luck!

**Wild Dingo** · 16th November 2004, 02:11 AM

Originally Posted by soundman

I recon a router is your friend.
The old jigsaw i recon is a bit of a butchery tool realy.

If you eithr make a template or use the supplied fence in circle cutting mode you should get very accurate results with purpendicular cuts.
better still make a funky template to do the whole swirly half circle thing.

you could bang em out by the dozen every one the same.

cheers

oooooohhhhh !

ever had one of those moments? well mine lasted the whole flamin day! strewth talk about dumb

... theres this router thingy {with bits by the way} sittin in the workshop cupboard just to the right of the flamin bench... damn! I gotta make a router new table so its out where my attention will notice the flippin thing! :eek: cant believe that I hadnt even considered the bloody thing! :mad: duuhhhh!

Ahem... lets all just put this wee post behind us shall we... lets just say it was a wee moment of sudden deep and acute many hours long blondness bought on by too many clocks?

**chook** · 16th November 2004, 06:02 AM

Dear Mr Wild Dingo,

I quote from your origonal post."Im presently making Chrissy pressies like a demented chook."

How do you know how I make chrissy pressies and how did you find out that I am demented?

Chook

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