iamnothim
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I broke out my Carvex PS420 for the first time today. I set it up with a phenolic 18TPI blade "0" pendulum and preceded to cut some 3/4" x 6" MDF that I milled. It has a back rabbet slot for bead board and a top cove with a small shoulder. This was another "first" for me because I wanted to cope the base rather than cut a 45.
For this I took Paul-Marcel's suggestion and purchased a Knew Concepts fret saw. I've had the saw a month and all I can say is Wow! buy one.
Anyway I started cutting out the long section with the Carvex. This was my first use of a barrel type saw and I have to practice a Lot. The first thing I noticed is I had trouble finding the On/Off. The second was the "A" speed was way too aggressive for what I was doing. I backed it off to "1". I took me several tries to get close to straight. I probably picked a tough thing to start with because a 6" piece is barely wider then the foot..... starting and ending the cut straight will take practice.
I want to learn how to cope molding because I want to add a piece of molding to existing molding after the fact. The good news is I was able to produce a pretty good cope of the cove molding for a first time (for me at least) ..... I've always wanted to do this and the fret saw makes it much easier. Here's the first one...
Any tips will be appreciated
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For this I took Paul-Marcel's suggestion and purchased a Knew Concepts fret saw. I've had the saw a month and all I can say is Wow! buy one.
Anyway I started cutting out the long section with the Carvex. This was my first use of a barrel type saw and I have to practice a Lot. The first thing I noticed is I had trouble finding the On/Off. The second was the "A" speed was way too aggressive for what I was doing. I backed it off to "1". I took me several tries to get close to straight. I probably picked a tough thing to start with because a 6" piece is barely wider then the foot..... starting and ending the cut straight will take practice.
I want to learn how to cope molding because I want to add a piece of molding to existing molding after the fact. The good news is I was able to produce a pretty good cope of the cove molding for a first time (for me at least) ..... I've always wanted to do this and the fret saw makes it much easier. Here's the first one...
Any tips will be appreciated
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