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31st August 2008, 05:39 PM #1
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Routing flutes: burnt ends
I've been routing flutes and have some burned ends that I want to clean up. Although I minimised the burning by lowering the speed and dampening the end grain I still have charred bits at the end of the flutes. I've sanded the flutes themselves with the old sandpaper around a drill bit trick but the ends are trickier. Anyone know a better way to do it than scraping by hand with the router bit?
Flutes are 12mm.
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31st August 2008, 05:46 PM #2
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Groggy, I always clean my router bits with some fine steel wool and turps. I do it straight after using it. Does it help?
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31st August 2008, 05:47 PM #3
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31st August 2008, 06:06 PM #4
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I assume that the flutes have a rounded profile?
I had the same problem some time back and I ended up buying some spherical burrs for the Dremel. The Dremel ran way too fast, so I jiggered a flexible extension to my batt. drill instead.
Even then the burrs were too coarse, but they removed the char nicely and I found it easy enough (if boring) to clean up the burr-marks by hand,
(Not an elegant solution but at the time time itself was in short supply.
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31st August 2008, 06:09 PM #5
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Well, I guess hand work it is. Just thought I'd ask, being a lazy bugger and all...
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31st August 2008, 06:14 PM #6
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No I don't know a better way of cleaning up but you can build a jig that stops it happening when you route the flutes. It looks a bit like a ski jump and is clamped to the work at the end of the flute you are routing. Router base encounters the jig and lifts up out of the work while still cutting so no burn. You just need to play around with the curve to get it tuned.
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Michael
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31st August 2008, 06:16 PM #7
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Now that is a nice idea!
Wish I'd thought of it well before now...
- Andy Mc
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31st August 2008, 07:00 PM #8
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Thanks Michael, I've seen the ski-jumps but didn't want to go to the full blown jig for 12 flutes in a bench
. Like I said - lazy bugger.
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