[Shop-talk] cove (or 'dish') style cut on a piece of wood.

[Brian Kemp]

I second the pattern following cove bit.  Use a holesaw to make a hole 
of the desired diameter in a piece of hardboard or plywood and carve out 
the wood.  If you want a more of a dished hole insead of a flat bottom 
one, have several circle templates.  Start with smaller one and go a bit 
deeper the move up to larger circles and cut shallower.  You will then 
have to use some sort of sanding/carving method to taper the routed bits.

Brian

On 12/13/2018 10:31 AM, eric--- via Shop-talk wrote:
> I'm making a piece of furniture that needs to have a rounded 'dish' 
> cut into it.  Like a cove cut on a board, but just in a circle.  Think 
> of a change plate where there is a bowl cutout on a board.
>
> The cut would look like if you had a table saw blade about 1/2" out of 
> the table, then put a piece of wood straight down on it and twisted it 
> in a circle.  I know that wouldn't work (and would be HUGELY unsafe.)
>
> Here is an image of the cut I am trying to make (there are two of them 
> on this valet..
>
> https://www.etsy.com/listing/229799235/mens-valet-mens-valet-change-dish-modern 
>
>
> Anyone know how to do that?  I can only find ways to make a cove 
> lengthwise in a board.    The piece isn't small enough to put in a 
> lathe (but I thought about making an insert, and that is my last 
> resort, but I would rather not do that.)
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
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