help with recessing plate

[aragorn723]

Hi,

The wife just got me a dremel, would this be a good tool to recess the plate on a quickie base?  I made it out of maple a year or so ago, and it is completely stained/polyurethaned..  I'm hoping it won't make any chips/uneveness in the wood, any suggestions?  Thanks,

Dave

[kgoss]

I believe you can get an attachment that turns a Dremel tool into a router. That would be very helpful in your case since you will need to control the depth of the cut and you will also need to come up with a fence to control the width of the cut. You can use painters tape to help prevent chip out of the finish.  Make multiple passes rather trying to do the whole rabbit in one pass.

I think I would rather use a good wood chisel if I didn't have a router.  But  maple is very hard wood and the chisel approach would take patience.  The best way to mill the rabbit is with a tablesaw, router table, or a planar before the base is assembled.

[aragorn723]

Sounds like it will be a difficult job.  The base looks pretty good, so I wouldn't want to take it apart..  maybe it would be possible to make a rabbit with a router ?

[Paul Birkeland]

You would want a real, honest to goodness router for this job.

I would use a router mounted to a router table, and a rabbet bit.

You would also need to round the corners on the Quickie plate.

[JamieMcC]

I would suggest taking it to your local joiners shop and ask for a quote, with the right gear its no more than 15- 30 minute task.

Is your quickie assembled? Cutting the Perspex top down so it fits inside would be another approach resting it on a couple of small wood blocks strategically placed that are glued to the inside. A fine jigsaw blade and a file to clean up the edges. Actually a file on its own would work with some elbow grease.

[aragorn723]

That gives me an idea.  Maybe i'll go to Lowes later and find some really small trim, about the height of the plate, and fasten
it around the edges, which would give it the recessed look (and the plate would still be removable).

Dave

[JamieMcC]

That gives me an idea.  Maybe i'll go to Lowes later and find some really small trim, about the height of the plate, and fasten
it around the edges, which would give it the recessed look (and the plate would still be removable).

Dave

Nice solution something brass or stainless?

[aragorn723]

hmm i wasn't thinking metal (don't have much experience with that, but I have a small jeweler's saw that could probably cut pretty cleanly).  Gonna have to think about this, this is going to be fun!