Jig For Flutes
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:05 pm
I have started my venture into making a flute. I would like to have the SS router table .But it is not in the budget for now. So I made a jig for routing out the center of the flute. It worked out very well. I thought I would share it for those who may not have a router table and are looking into making a flute.
I wanted to router the center of a ¾ X 1 ½ “x 24 “board. Using a ¾ core box bit. I put the board to be routed in the center of a scrap piece ¾ “plywood about 8”x 30”. Then I skewed down one 3/4”x 3”x 24” on either sides of it. Fitting them snugly on the board in the center but not so tight that the board could not be mover back and forth. My router has a 5 ¾ “base. I measured out 2 7/8th from the center of the board to be routed out in each direction, placing a mark on each end and center of the each 3/4”x3” . I rip two small thin boards 24” long and placed them on the marks I made on the 3/4”x3”s. This created a rail for each side of the router and centered the core box router bit in the center of the board to be routed. Once the ¾ “x 1 ½ was in the jig I found that I needed to put a block at both ends because the board would move back and forth with the force of the router. One block I skewed down the other end I clamped in place. That was part of my learning curve. I had to discard one broad. After that I routed out 6 broads that I hope to make into 3 flutes to carve on. I will let you know how it goes. I hope this may be of some help to someone.
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I wanted to router the center of a ¾ X 1 ½ “x 24 “board. Using a ¾ core box bit. I put the board to be routed in the center of a scrap piece ¾ “plywood about 8”x 30”. Then I skewed down one 3/4”x 3”x 24” on either sides of it. Fitting them snugly on the board in the center but not so tight that the board could not be mover back and forth. My router has a 5 ¾ “base. I measured out 2 7/8th from the center of the board to be routed out in each direction, placing a mark on each end and center of the each 3/4”x3” . I rip two small thin boards 24” long and placed them on the marks I made on the 3/4”x3”s. This created a rail for each side of the router and centered the core box router bit in the center of the board to be routed. Once the ¾ “x 1 ½ was in the jig I found that I needed to put a block at both ends because the board would move back and forth with the force of the router. One block I skewed down the other end I clamped in place. That was part of my learning curve. I had to discard one broad. After that I routed out 6 broads that I hope to make into 3 flutes to carve on. I will let you know how it goes. I hope this may be of some help to someone.
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