RICHARD WEDLERS U.S. PAT.# 5,299,609
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| Description | Demi-lune Side Table
Reception area of Rideau Hall in the Govenor General's Residence, Ontario, Canada Dimensions: 10' x 22" x 28". |
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| Materials | Figured (Blistered) Big Leaf Maple, Limestone, Macassar Ebony Details | ||
| M.F. Operations | Micro Fence Circle Jig was used for cutting all radii for the forms to make the 36 facet cone pedestal base, and to cut the large radii for the top stone platform and 6" Ogee detail. (Accomplished with concentric cuts with a large cove bit and plunge router.) | ||
| I bought into the “Micro-fence System” four years ago starting with the edge guide which I mounted on my 1 and 2 hp Dewalt plunge routers. I was impressed with its simplicity, workmanship and above all, the accuracy it gave me for joinery as well as fine inlay work. About a year later I received a commission to design and make two tables for Rideau Hall, the residence of Canada’s Governor General. Based on the level of accuracy I was able to get with the Micro-fence, the design I developed called for a series of large and small radii as well as a very large ogee detail along the front edge. The Micro-fence radius attachment performed flawlessly, I even attached it to a box beam to achieve perfect arcs from a 12’dia. circle. The ogee (eight inches across) was “shaped” out by increasing the diameter of the radii with the Micro-fence while simultaneously dropping the cove router bit. The fine Micro-fence adjustment allowed me to cut so close to the profile line that very little clean up was required. I have come to rely on the Micro-fence system and I now regularly design furniture that would be difficult to impossible without it. My current project, a large expanding dining table has a series of shapes created by radii that have to meet precisely, Micro-fence will do it. A new series of designs that I am working on uses the Micro-fence oval attachment, I’ll keep you posted on the outcome. Michael Fortune RCA (Royal Academy of Art) |
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