Surely many of you are faced with the need to remove excess wood on various structures. This happens with through dowels, spiked, and other types of connections.
In this article, Matthias, the YouTube author of the Matthias random stuff channel, will tell you how quickly this can be done using a conventional hand milling cutter.
Materials
- Wooden crafts.
Instruments, used by the author.
— Manual frezer
— Japanese saw.
Manufacturing process.
So, Matthias made such a chair, but he secured the legs with the seat using a through connection. The resulting small protrusion is usually removed with the help of a Japanese saw, however, if you handle it ineptly, you can damage the main surface. Then additional processing and grinding will be required.
The wizard offers a very simple way to remove these shortcomings. This will require a manual milling cutter. To adjust the height of the cutter, the milling cutter is mounted on a flat and hard surface. Then the cutter lowers close to the surface.
The width of the protruding part is slightly larger than the free space between the sole and the cutter, so the master enters at an angle and then removes residues.
Everything turned out perfectly, the main surface remained untouched.
He repeated this process on the other two elements, the result is excellent. Now you can sand the surface of the seat with fine sandpaper, and proceed to the application of the finish coating.
In order to precisely set the milling cutter, the master recommended that the milling cutter be placed on a very smooth metal surface (for example, tables of various machines), and gently lower the milling cutter until it comes in contact with it. And do not worry, the cutting edge of the cutter is much harder than metal, and it does not become dull about it.
The author has demonstrated only one application of this technique, but it is also suitable for processing other types of compounds. One of the most difficult is the "dovetail", there this method will be very useful.
I thank the author for a simple but very useful method of wood processing.
All good mood, good luck, and interesting ideas!
Author video can be found here.