Sunday, February 24, 2013

Porch is Done

The porch and steps are almost finished, and I've installed the fascia trim. Its starting to look like a wagon now.


Following some questions posted earlier by Keith, below is a pic of the compass jig that I used to make the curved pieces. The jig has preset holes at the far left, and is attached to the bench with 1/4 carriage bolt through a bronze bushing. There is an adjustable plate near the router end that allows for fine tuning. As I mentioned already, the key here is to use a non-plunging router, as this will give a nice clean cut using four passes.



4 comments:

  1. that looks grea. Nice job on the the jig

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  2. Freakin' awesome job. Great work.

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  3. I hadn't noticed the nice compound angle of the stairs. Too cool. I love them.

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  4. Than thanks. The steps serve the dual purpose of supporting the porch.

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