Robert Bahn why do you have other folks' You Tube Videos listed on your website?
I'd make a rest for the router base the same thickness as the arm.Bill,
I'm trying to imagine how that could be done.
In my mind you'd have to use a very tall aux router fence in order to complete the cut with the router bit vertical or a horizontal router setup using the table as support.
Either way the short leg of the assembly and a good portion of the curved component will have to be hand mortised because the glue up is a done deal.
Your thoughts?
If the arm is wider than the panel, it could be a slot cutter, with a few passes. Then the arm fits on the panel. You could do it with a slot cutter and make a shaped spline like you sketched. It just seems chincy having the arm teetering on the panel with only a spline. It would likely work though.I have a slot cutter on a 1/2" arbor shaft with a guide bearing. I thought about rabbbiting it but that makes some hand work at the ends.
Maybe we are talking the same thing.
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Great idea!cabinetman said:...Or, you could make the attachment look somewhat custom, by using contrasting dowels and drilling it right through the top of the arm into the panel, and sand flat. Maybe install them like every 3" or so.
The 1/4" spline is what was concerning me. Through dowels was my other thought. I thought of gluing it in place and when dry, adding the dowels.
The arm is flush with the panel on the seat side so that I can open the seat for storage with out complicating the box lid.