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Old 07-24-2013, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Dee8go View Post
I've cur large coves on a table saw by passing the wood diagonally over the blade and raising it with each pass until I get the depth I want. I also have some large router bits for shaping wood, but they scare me, too. I do have a couple of sets of door making bits that include panel raisers, which are pretty large bits.

I hesitated to mention the table saw approach, as I think you are a way more experienced wood worker than I am, but if you haven't tried it, you might find that works well for you.
I could see how that would work but I can see difficulties. You'd need to rig a diagonal fence and would need to press the board to the table very firmly at all times else have serious roughness.

Then again, I had a fair amount of roughness in my piece, I put a piece of sticky back 80 grit paper on a piece of firm styrofoam camping pad to use as concave surface sander.
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