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Step 4Make a bowl
A variation on a cove cut is cutting out a bowl recess in a piece of wood. I used pusher sticks to keep my hands away from the spinning blade. See the red arrow. This pusher stick holds the workpiece down firmly against the work table. See the green arrow. This pusher stick is used to rotate the workpiece 360 degrees in steps. If the position of the saw leaves a button of wood in the center, just remove it with a chisel at the end.
What you cannot see in the photo is a pin under the workpiece about which the workpiece rotates. (See the next step.)
I needed to make four of these. They were to become the top layer in a stack of three pieces. I needed to make supports that raise someone's bed a few more inches above the floor. He has had two knee replacements and will have trouble getting in and out of a bed at the normal height. The raised bed will make it easier for him. The bowl-shaped indentations will provide a nesting place for the bed's casters.
What you cannot see in the photo is a pin under the workpiece about which the workpiece rotates. (See the next step.)
I needed to make four of these. They were to become the top layer in a stack of three pieces. I needed to make supports that raise someone's bed a few more inches above the floor. He has had two knee replacements and will have trouble getting in and out of a bed at the normal height. The raised bed will make it easier for him. The bowl-shaped indentations will provide a nesting place for the bed's casters.
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