I should have known better than to keep working when I was tired. I was putting a cove detail on some coffee tables with my small router and the fence slipped, resulting in the 3 nicks in the frame. I have always considered myself an expert at fixing my mistakes, primarily through LOTS of practice because I make lots of mistakes. But this one has me stumped. The coffee table is supposed to be in our living room and it's for my wife, so I'd like to fix this without making it too obvious. I'm looking for suggestions from this esteemed group.
As I see it, I have a couple of options.
1. I can move the fence so that I route the cove a little deeper. The deepest nick is about 7/32" so I could just move the fence that far. The only problem with that is I probably would have to re-route all the other coves so that they match. Still, this would seem to be the least obvious fix.
2. I can use a straight bit and route out a small rabbet behind the nicks, then shape another piece of maple to fit into that rabbet, glue it in and re-route the cove. The maple is pretty bland around the nicks and I have some extra maple that might match pretty well. But I think it will still look like a patch and I need to figure out where to start and stop it.
3. I can completely ignore the mistakes, sand them down pretty well and hope that no one else notices. Probably the most practical, but it would drive me to drink.
Those are the only solutions I have thought of. If you have any other ideas, I would love to hear them. If you don't have any other way to fix it, let me know which of the 3 choices you think would be the most successful. Thanks for any help you can provide.
Dave
As I see it, I have a couple of options.
1. I can move the fence so that I route the cove a little deeper. The deepest nick is about 7/32" so I could just move the fence that far. The only problem with that is I probably would have to re-route all the other coves so that they match. Still, this would seem to be the least obvious fix.
2. I can use a straight bit and route out a small rabbet behind the nicks, then shape another piece of maple to fit into that rabbet, glue it in and re-route the cove. The maple is pretty bland around the nicks and I have some extra maple that might match pretty well. But I think it will still look like a patch and I need to figure out where to start and stop it.
3. I can completely ignore the mistakes, sand them down pretty well and hope that no one else notices. Probably the most practical, but it would drive me to drink.
Those are the only solutions I have thought of. If you have any other ideas, I would love to hear them. If you don't have any other way to fix it, let me know which of the 3 choices you think would be the most successful. Thanks for any help you can provide.
Dave