Wood Carving Router Duplicator

A router is attached to one side of the machine and a follower or stylus is mounted to the opposite side.

Wood carving router duplicator. Homemade large wood milling center woodworking diy at home woodworking techniques duration. This shop built duplicator lets you recreate an object or pattern in wood with amazing detail. It works like this. Shop built copy carver makes les paul tops almost too easy.

A 3d wood carving duplicator is basically a router jig which can move in 3d dimensions. Gunstock carving duplicator our standard model for stocks and forearms. With the gemini carving machine in your shop you can save time and effort and focus on the fine touches of your craft. Model 1 standard machine.

The main router and stylus assembly with a counterbalance weight at one end and two horizontal bearing rails. The duplicator is made up of two main components. Turn your router into a highly effective 3d wood copy carving machine. The most complicated parts for the carriage are the side arms.

The main router and stylus assembly which is attached to linear bearings. Video shows carving a solid body electric guitar using an existing guitar body. The easy carver build manual plans will show you how to build a quality router duplicator that is on par with some. The principle is very simple.

Building the router copier router mount and carriage. 13 pages of step by step instructions. The carriage rolls side to side on a steel pipe but also tilts on that pipe. A router duplicator also known as a router copier copy carver or wood carving duplicator is a machine that uses a woodworking router to carve 3d wooden items.

50 full color photos illustrations and. A thinner shaft highlighted in red also allows the router and follower to pivot. Amazing woodworking techniques 1 274 779 views. It uses a compact router on a counterbalanced floating carriage assembly to make a replica of an original carving.

The balance is perfect resulting in fine touch control of the router. Overview of the gemini wood carving machine. The router mount and carriage provides three degrees of freedom. The router bit follows the path of a stylus as you trace the outlines of the original.

Carving duplicator large router w auto turning motor. Long gunstock carving duplicator carve from one inch up to 5 feet.