cabriole leg router jig?

[nixon]

i've been making some cabriole legs for a nightstand,

my sister is getting for christmas.

the bandsaw part was fine but, the tiring sanding wasn't.

so i got to thinking, howbout making a router jig.

this may solve some sanding issues.

but making a usable design was not all that easy.

any one hear or seen something like this.

or have any good tips, pointers on the subject?

thanks in advance Merry christmas, and to all a happy new year.

wish you all lots of time in the shop.

[PaulMarcel]

A spokeshave will let you go from bandsaw to final shape very quickly and you'll need barely any sanding, if at all.

[nixon]

thanks. i have tried this. but the lumber i got is very gnarly stuff:)

[Ed Waite]

I would vote for the spokeshave or scraper on a one off. I would worry about tear out with gnarly wood and a router. That's a big dip into the wood on those cabriole legs. If you use a router, be careful about grain and feed direction. Ideally, the jig could reference so opposing faces can alternately be down on the router table, or you need both a pattern bit and a flush trim bit and a way to accurately switch the pattern to the other side of the workpieces.

[nixon]

yes thats an isue to consider aswell. thanks il give the spokeshave another go.