Nice little tutorial on doing these with hand tools, I've never been brave enough and have always used stop blocks and a 45 bit in the router table. You probably can get a set knocked out before I even get the table set up.
Looks like the foundation for those "lamb's tongues" used on table legs as well.
Great tips. Is there some rule of thumb for determining which size arc to use or do just pick one that looks right to you?
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You bring up a good point on the arc size. With out any trickery, doing these on a router table will give a radii the same as the bit. I like stuff that has a radius maybe 1.5x to 2x the depth.
It's pretty much what looks good to you. If you mark it out as I suggested then with your chisel bevel down you start at the corner and make one sweeping arc cut towards the half inch stop cut blending into the chamfer. Normally this arc is a 45° sweep. In learning the technique start with making a couple of these arcing cuts first.
I can drawing up more technical details if it benefits anyone. Just let me know.
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