This is not the F.B.I.
I saw this old post below about milling staved curved panels into a smooth uniformed radius. I am searching for Contributor M !!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like a character in a spy movie.
I have read this post he wrote several times but I am not yet able to get a full understanding of the construction of the Jig and router table. I need some help.
From contributor M:
Start by building a special router table. Make it as narrow as the router base will allow (six inches or so) x four feet long. Attach a piece of solid lumber (3/4" wide x 1 inch high) to the top of the table along its center axis. Put a long straight bit into your router and plunge cut it so it's projecting 1 inch above the strip.
Now make a curved blank out of 3/4" MDF. It should have an outside radius of 61" and an inside radius of 59". Next, resaw this guide strip into two pieces (this saves time and ensures that they're identical).
Take your blank and attach the MDF strips to either end. Be sure to attach them in alignment with one another or you'll wind up with a twisted door. When attaching the second side of the second guide strip, place the whole assembly on top of the table saw table (convex side down). All four corners should be making contact.
Make up some kind of adjustable fence for you new router table, and starting with it close to the bit, guide the piece over it and you'll get a perfect cut. Move the fence 1/4" over and repeat till done.
The reason for making the router table as narrow as possible? To be able to make tighter radius doors. This will work not only for true radius doors, but for irregular shapes as well. Just make sure the guide strips are the same and in alignment.
Is contributor M out there ,,,,,,,are can any one else fill in, preferably not Contibutor X.
Michael from Barbados.