carving
into the future
Achieve impressive
results with the use of
Trend’s unique Router
Carver system.
by Matt Shepherd
he Router Carver enables
anybody, irrelevant of skill, to
achieve variable depth carvings
on any flat surface such as drawers
and door panels. The carving system
works by using an adjustable
V-Groove cutter which
has a 45° aluminium
guide cone.
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Operation
First fix the template frame either
with G cramps or pinned to a batten
jig holding the workpiece.
Select the first of your templates,
(there could be up to four in total).
Fit the first template into the frame
and plunge the cutter in the wider
section of each slot. Do not lock off
Once all the shapes in the template
have been routed, it is then removed,
rotated or inverted and placed back
into the frame and routed again. This
is repeated so that each slot is used
up to four times.
Using special MDF templates, the
cutter is plunged into slots of varying
widths that control the rise and fall of
the cutter into the workpiece. The
process of carving takes only a few
minutes to complete leaving a design
of which any craftsman would
be proud. A large range of
styles are available and with the
Classic and Royal styles, you can
continue the theme throughout
a number of furniture items.
Remember that you don’t
necessarily have to use the
complete design, sometimes ‘less
is more’. You can even integrate
designs together to give a
unique appearance.
Autumn 1999
the router but keep a firm downward
pressure, moving along the slot. The
cutter will automatically rise and fall.
Always run through the cut twice to
ensure a clean and complete groove.
When completed the workpiece is
immediately ready for finishing.
To help the carving stand out, stain the
workpiece before carving, highlighting
the end result. IP
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