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Making AR-15 wood grips, mauser broomhandle style
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<blockquote data-quote="joegrizzy" data-source="post: 3798733" data-attributes="member: 45524"><p>here's my fancy router setup. spinning a 3/8'' bit with a 1/4'' shank on the 1.25 hp trim router is more than enough if you control feed rate. most people use power tools way too fast. gotta go real slow and just trust you're actually getting somewhere lol. going slow is still fast; you'll be amazed at a "slow" cut that still only takes about 60-70 seconds AT MOST. these grooves probably took ~30 seconds to hog it all out in one go. sharp bit will do it easy, no need for the big router.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]280084[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>the router only needs to travel about ~1 1/2 inches on that 30° path, so the jig doesn't need to be big. you aren't moving much. a well placed clamp not only holds your jig, but also is a stop for your workpiece (i use this trick ALL THE TIME). you can kinda see my lines a bit here. i'm not sure how this became a meme with the zoomer generation, but i assure you careful lines with a .5mm mech pencil (by careful i mean drawing on one side of the mark, cutting on that side, knowing which side of your mark is the cut side, etc etc, far more than just "cut on the line" being ACCURATE), can accomplish FAR MORE than most zoomers seem to understand.</p><p></p><p>i've hand chiseled thru mortices into 4x4's for bridal joints that were so tight no screws or glue would ever be needed to hold them true. i've jigsawed and scrollsawed within 1/64th of an inch plenty of times. i wish more zoomers would look past 3d printing and get more into "traditional" building because power tools make things easy and even traditional things with proper tools can be done with little energy and devotion. just takes practice. heck wood turning is FAST. i've been thinking of several ways i could mount these on the lathe because turning the broomhandle would be really quick with a curved tool rest and a round cutter.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]280086[/ATTACH]</p><p>router goes in</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]280087[/ATTACH]</p><p>router stops</p><p>just square that off BEFORE the line with your chisel, flat back to the line and straight down. easy peasy.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]280088[/ATTACH]0[ATTACH=full]280089[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>a few blanks before holes were drilled. cut these from square turning blanks that were ~3.5'' x 3.5'' x 12'' nominally. so cutting 5" crosscuts gave me two blanks that i could resaw into two bookmatched blanks each. so 4 blanks from a full 12'' piece, 5 if i run one from the remaining piece the other way (just enough for the width of one more but would have different grain direction).</p><p></p><p>pretty sure i could knock out several dozen in a week. we'll see how long the shaping takes. like i said, chucking them (i'd probably have to use the screw hole) on the lathe would make the broomhandle shaping quick. i'm gonna rough cut on the bandsaw and shape on the sander. maybe the oscillating spindle but probably just the belt boi.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joegrizzy, post: 3798733, member: 45524"] here's my fancy router setup. spinning a 3/8'' bit with a 1/4'' shank on the 1.25 hp trim router is more than enough if you control feed rate. most people use power tools way too fast. gotta go real slow and just trust you're actually getting somewhere lol. going slow is still fast; you'll be amazed at a "slow" cut that still only takes about 60-70 seconds AT MOST. these grooves probably took ~30 seconds to hog it all out in one go. sharp bit will do it easy, no need for the big router. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_20220615_190953 copy.jpg"]280084[/ATTACH] the router only needs to travel about ~1 1/2 inches on that 30° path, so the jig doesn't need to be big. you aren't moving much. a well placed clamp not only holds your jig, but also is a stop for your workpiece (i use this trick ALL THE TIME). you can kinda see my lines a bit here. i'm not sure how this became a meme with the zoomer generation, but i assure you careful lines with a .5mm mech pencil (by careful i mean drawing on one side of the mark, cutting on that side, knowing which side of your mark is the cut side, etc etc, far more than just "cut on the line" being ACCURATE), can accomplish FAR MORE than most zoomers seem to understand. i've hand chiseled thru mortices into 4x4's for bridal joints that were so tight no screws or glue would ever be needed to hold them true. i've jigsawed and scrollsawed within 1/64th of an inch plenty of times. i wish more zoomers would look past 3d printing and get more into "traditional" building because power tools make things easy and even traditional things with proper tools can be done with little energy and devotion. just takes practice. heck wood turning is FAST. i've been thinking of several ways i could mount these on the lathe because turning the broomhandle would be really quick with a curved tool rest and a round cutter. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_20220615_191433 copy.jpg"]280086[/ATTACH] router goes in [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_20220615_191449 copy.jpg"]280087[/ATTACH] router stops just square that off BEFORE the line with your chisel, flat back to the line and straight down. easy peasy. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_20220615_191603 copy.jpg"]280088[/ATTACH]0[ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_20220615_192004 copy.jpg"]280089[/ATTACH] a few blanks before holes were drilled. cut these from square turning blanks that were ~3.5'' x 3.5'' x 12'' nominally. so cutting 5" crosscuts gave me two blanks that i could resaw into two bookmatched blanks each. so 4 blanks from a full 12'' piece, 5 if i run one from the remaining piece the other way (just enough for the width of one more but would have different grain direction). pretty sure i could knock out several dozen in a week. we'll see how long the shaping takes. like i said, chucking them (i'd probably have to use the screw hole) on the lathe would make the broomhandle shaping quick. i'm gonna rough cut on the bandsaw and shape on the sander. maybe the oscillating spindle but probably just the belt boi. [/QUOTE]
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