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   calvin | Oct 28, 2005 01:19pm | #1

   Thanks Stan, one of these days I'm going to do a swoop mitre.  They've intrigued me but I find myself forgetting their possibilities.  Simple I'm sure but could you explain your making of both the tread and return jigs which lead to a good fit?

   thanks.

   A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.

   Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

   Quittin' Time

    

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   StanFoster | Oct 29, 2005 12:53am | #2

   Calvin:   You would not believe how simple it is to make the mirror image jigs.  I just use a narrow jigsaw blade and run it along a straight edge for the straight part of the jig.   I then just freehand the cut along a 3.5 inch radius line and this automatically makes a nice mirror image jig.  One does the return...the other the tread.

    

   Stan

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   calvin | Oct 29, 2005 07:26pm | #3

   Well, don't that take the cake.

   thanks.A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.

   Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

   Quittin' Time

    

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   joewood | Oct 29, 2005 08:19pm | #4

   Stan, I understand how to cut/make that first template you show, but could you explain a little more how you cut the mirrored template (the one you don't show)so that it's a perfect match. Sure would appreciate it as I run into this problem (making mirrored templates) once n awhile.

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   calvin | Oct 29, 2005 09:48pm | #5

   Joe, as I understand it.........the drop of the tread template becomes the return template.  One cut, both sides.A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.

   Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

   Quittin' Time

    

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   joewood | Oct 29, 2005 09:57pm | #6

   ah ha, and you cut them both with a fine tooth jigsaw blade .. I guess if your cut wasn't a perfect swoop, it wouldn't matter because both sides would fit together.

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   MikeSmith | Oct 29, 2005 09:59pm | #7

   thanks to stan , i made a swoop miter for a wall cap oak rail.... worked great

   waiting for the next site-built staircase to do it againMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   StanFoster | Oct 30, 2005 12:36am | #8

   Mike:    Glad to have helped a little.  I get so much off this forum...it feels good to give back.     <G>

   I have on several occasions just traced whatever outline I want to follow....and a thin jigsaw blade will make perfect mirror image router templates to whatever you want to trace.

    

   Stan

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   chuckkeller | Oct 30, 2005 02:01am | #9

   Stan, I must call your hand!  What you call swoop miters, on treads are actually the blades for the gyro in the background! I bet you will try to write it off as a business expense!              Great job!!          What is this carpenter/pilot, thing? Best wishes, Chuck :)

   If, at first, you fricascee, fry, fry a hen!

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   StanFoster | Oct 30, 2005 07:57am | #10

   Chuck:    There are two things in my life other than family that I am passionate about.....curved stairbuilding and building/flying gyrocopters.

    

   Both are a climbing business with lots of turns.

    

   Stan

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   chuckkeller | Oct 30, 2005 02:19pm | #13

   Stan, It was this web site that got interested in gyros. I am pilot/woodworker. Comm, multi engine, land, sea, inst. Ive flown a lot of different acft. but never a gyro.    Are you, by chance, located in New England?   ChuckIf, at first, you fricascee, fry, fry a hen!

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   StanFoster | Oct 31, 2005 03:13am | #16

   Chuck:    I am in central Illinois....100 miles south of Chicago.

    

   Stan

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   chuckkeller | Nov 01, 2005 02:09am | #17

   s they say in Maine, can't get there from here! But I bet your one of the Oshcosh, crowd! That's a good thing and when you talk of your priorities, they ARE in order. Best wishes, Chuck KellerIf, at first, you fricascee, fry, fry a hen!

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   JeffBuck | Oct 30, 2005 09:21am | #11

   Ok Stan ..

   again ... looks great.

   But ... U are getting up there in age ... and sooner or later ... time to fly on.

   So ... what are U gonna pay me to move in and learn these tricks of the trade to keep the Big-Stan name alive, huh?

    

   Jeff

       Buck Construction

    Artistry In Carpentry

        Pittsburgh Pa

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   StanFoster | Oct 30, 2005 01:11pm | #12

   Jeff:   I will cut you a special deal......$5000/month till I retire......<G>

    

   Stan

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   DougU | Oct 30, 2005 08:25pm | #14

   Jeff

   You think you could stand the slow pace of  central Ill over the bustling city life that Pitt has to offer! Suppose its not that far to Chicago so you could get your big city fix if'n you needed.

   Doug

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   dustinf | Oct 31, 2005 03:03am | #15

   bustling city life that Pitt has to offer

   lol.

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   JeffBuck | Nov 01, 2005 03:20am | #18

   and Chicago ain't what she sued to be either.

    

   maybe 5 years ago ... friend moved to ChiTown.

   wife was thrilled to make a trip back to her old stomping ground ... she lived there for a coupla airline career months many years back ... told me how much I'd love Rush Street .... bar after bar .... the city's big part street.

   Seems we missed the action by 10 years.

    

   all fancy dress and hat shops ... a coupla high end coffee shops thrown in.

   we did manage to find the last of the 2 hold out bars ... had a good time there ...

    

   but just wasn't what she remembered or what I was expecting.

   maybe I'd better stay here in Pittsburgh?

    

   at least till the liver fails?

    

   Jeff    Buck Construction

    Artistry In Carpentry

        Pittsburgh Pa