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Demonstrating the Roman Ogee Bit

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Next, the presenter demonstrates the "Roman Ogee bit." He displays a piece of wood with an example cut, highlighting its very decorative, Victorian-style profile. He notes that achieving clean corners with this bit can be challenging but suggests working from left to right to improve the results.

Goal: Understand the function and application of a Roman Ogee router bit.

Tools and materials

  • Roman Ogee Router Bit — Creating decorative, Victorian-style edge profiles on wood
  • Wood Piece — Demonstrating the router bit's cut

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wood. The deeper you go, the bigger the cove. Remember, take it about a 16th to an eighth. You don't want to burn up your wood. Next one up, this Roman ogee bit provides very decorative Victorian style cuts in your wood. It is very hard to get nice clean corners with this bit, but if you work left to right, you should be fine. Chamfer bit. Again, with all of them, the deeper the bit goes, the more of the profile you're going to have. You can either do a slight chamfer, or you can

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