How to Make Male and Female Routing Template of an Irregular Shape?
Folks,
I've done some searching for this and haven't found a solution - probably don't know the correct terms to search for.
I want to make a male and female template of an irregular shape and can't work out how to do it. I want to rount out a hole or recess into a workpiece and the shape does not consist of either straight lines or circles. So I need a female template for this. Then I want to rout out an insert from some contrasting wood which will drop into the recess as a pretty neat fit. So I need the male template of the same shape. And to be a neat fit the two templates need to be very close to each other in dimension and shape. I think if i tried to sand the two templates freehand, then the shapes would not match up and the gaps between the recess and the insert would look pretty rough. (Which is like everything I make, but that's another story ...)
Is there any techniques or tricks to this that I am missing?
Thanks for any help.
Kind regards
How does it attach to router ?
Hello,
How does one attach this to the router ?
Bill