{"id":2468,"date":"2012-12-07T15:11:46","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T05:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lakegnotuk.com.au\/?p=2468"},"modified":"2013-06-11T22:27:10","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T12:27:10","slug":"curved-front-jig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lakegnotuk.com.au\/?p=2468","title":{"rendered":"Curved front jig"},"content":{"rendered":"

Using the CNC machine, one of the other students had created a fairly hefty curved front jig which I repurposed to created my curved fronts. The issue being that he’d made it for his creation, so I had to do some tweaking.<\/p>\n

And so the trial goes. First try wasn’t too bad. 6 sheets of 3mm MDF bonded together with some homemade veneer on the front side. Back top & side veneers to be decided at a later time when I work out what I’m doing. This curved product wasn’t too bad except for being too short – I would have only been able to create 3 drawer fronts with contiguous grain and 1 odd. Not a great look. Also, the time it took me to contemplate, I suspect the form of the curve started to change.<\/p>\n

More haste more speed.<\/p>\n

After the difficulty and expense of making my own veneer (there is a heck of a lot of wastage without the right veneering machines), I decided to purchase some pre-made stuff and started kicking myself that I’d completely neglected to buy some from the recent and underwhelming timber woodwork show.<\/p>\n

I found the good people of River Gum Timbers<\/a> to be most helpful not only in\u00a0furnishing\u00a0me with the veneers required, but also contacting me from my internet order to confirm the sizes I needed and whether I’d like cuttings made to size.<\/p>\n

I grabbed some longer screw bolts from Bunnings and, with veneers at the ready, extended the length of the curvy jig to suit.<\/p>\n