Jewelry Box

A friend of mine wants some help in making a jewelry box with a cove cut on all four sides. In "Shaping Wood" on page 210, you show what looks like a large cove bit and talk about using several cuts to shape a nice elliptical cove. However, the cove bits I have all have a guide bearing on the top, so I assume that one has to remove the bearing and cut off the post to use a cove bit in the manner demonstrated on this page. Is this true, or are there other and more applicable bits that I do not have

I did try a "demonstration" piece using the table saw as shown on page 209, but with my saw is hard to clamp a highly angled fence, so I was hoping there was a way to do this on the router table or a shaper.

- Don

Flagstaff, AZ

Our Expert

Cove router bits use a bearing to guide the cut and shape one-quarter of a circle. If you want to shape a semi-circular cove you can use a core-box bit. Amana offers a wide assortment of core-box bits from 3/16" radius to 1-1/8" radius. To shape a larger cove you can combine the cuts from a core-box bit with the A mana Tool Crown Molding bit no.54414.

Begin by making several passes with the crown molding bit. This is a large bit so use a table-mounted router and make light passes. After reaching the required depth you can complete the sides of the cove with a large core-box bit such as Amana Tool no.45949.

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