CNC'd Vario inspired bench top

[fritter63]

Just finished CNCing a Vario inspired 36" x 72" "holy" worktop.

Used the Festool LR32 20mm boring bit, which was a mistake. It tended to burn in the MDF (I think I just didn't slow it down enough) and it tore out on the bottom side of the plywood. Next time I'll just interpolate the holes with a smaller CNC bit.

Otherwise it came out very nice. Slot for removable filler strip on the 90 degree cut line.

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[Mario Turcot]

Very interesting top. When are you going to show it in action?  [drooling]

 

[fritter63]

Very interesting top. When are you going to show it in action?  [drooling]

Well, it's the hands of my friend now, who I made it for, but here is the original in action!

 

[Mario Turcot]

Wow very nice.

 

[fritter63]

@Mario Turcot Sorry so late, but here is mine in action!

Post in thread 'A William Morris inspired Craftsmen bed........'

Monday at 11:51 PM

And then we're on to thicknessing the boards for the upper, mid, and lower rails of the headboard and footboard. All 1" thick, from rough 5/4 stock...

For cutting to length, I used my Festool-ish cutting table (Documented in this thread) . I due to the length of the rails (59 5/8" for the Queen, 75 5/8" for the King), I had figured I'd make a plywood "fence" to which I could clamp a stop block, but then I remembered that I had the SET of Parf fences, and that maybe I could split them apart (registered in the same line of holes) and that would be enough. Worked like a charm! (forgot...

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[smorgasbord]

Interesting. In my unfortunately increasingly small spare time I had been thinking about a variation of a super-accurate tablesaw cross-cut sled bottom I designed to be used with track saws. It uses way smaller than normal holes, and instead of pivoting the track all over the top, the fence for the stock pivots.

Pivoting the track may be advantageous for longer stock needing angled cuts, but pivoting the fence keeps the kerf in the same place (so you could have a replaceable sacrificial insert). And it uses standardized hole distances, enabling accurate interpolations between preset angles.

The concept of using holes to align tracks/fences for angled cuts certainly isn't new, even with the ability to subtract angles, and I'd be curious if a patent on that would actually hold up in court.

 

[fritter63]

Interesting. In my unfortunately increasingly small spare time I had been thinking about a variation of a super-accurate tablesaw cross-cut sled bottom I designed to be used with track saws. It uses way smaller than normal holes, and instead of pivoting the track all over the top, the fence for the stock pivots.

Pivoting the track may be advantageous for longer stock needing angled cuts, but pivoting the fence keeps the kerf in the same place (so you could have a replaceable sacrificial insert). And it uses standardized hole distances, enabling accurate interpolations between preset angles.

The concept of using holes to align tracks/fences for angled cuts certainly isn't new, even with the ability to subtract angles, and I'd be curious if a patent on that would actually hold up in court.

yeah, the original Vario one just expects you cut up the surface like a regular MFT, but in mine (you can barely see it) I added a slot for a replacement plywood sacrificial filler. You can either pivot the piece and keep the fence/saw on the filler, or just pivot the fence and cut into the table. I rarely do angled cuts so it hasn't been an issue.