Hi LJ's! I was looking at way to create raised panels cheaply as I can't dish out a hundred or so dollars for a set of router/shaper bits. My question is, has anyone ever used the table saw set up to cut a cove, to cut the profile around the edge of a raised panel?
I think this could be a great solution for raised panels, and the frame shouldn't be too hard, a couple of rabbets and ogee profile and I should be set. Whats your opinion on this idea?
You can also cut a straight raised panel with hand planes. So people who don't have any power tools yet have a way to do it to. Of course many craftspeople choose to do it this way anyways.
Wow thanks guys! Didn't know this was already an idea, I should've done some searching first. Thanks for the videos, I can't wait to watch.
@helluvawreck - Thanks, I've seen I think Paul Sellers cut the straight raised panels by hand also, It works out pretty well with a bit of practice. Im sure that you could easily make a cove-cut raised panel by hand with a hollow moulding plane, but I don't have any yet
You can also use a "Safe T Planer" on either a radial drill press or a RAS. By tilting the tool head a few degrees you get a cove type cut. You vary the profile by the amount of tile. I did this many years ago to build my roll top desk, using a radial drill press. It does call for a lot of sanding.
Well, all you need is a raised panel bit… not a whole
set.
The issue with doing them on the table saw is
you'll have to do a lot of sanding to get rid of
the machine marks.
There are moulding heads for table saws. They
aren't expensive and not a lot of people like to
use them anymore, but they work and you can
do some very creative things with them.
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