Routing Curved Corners with a Jig

Routing Curved Corners with a Jig

Rockler’s new Corner Radius Templates (item 57510) can help to both draw the curved corners of the drawer faces and rout them to final shape. These ABS-plastic templates, with four different radii per template, register with the corners of a workpiece blank automatically, thanks to pins and tabs that protrude down through the clip-on blue handle. For these drawer faces, you’d use the 1” radius template corner. Trace the template curves, then trim off most of the waste with a band saw or jigsaw. Bring the curves to final shape by guiding a top-bearing flush-trim bit in your router table along the template edge.

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