I once saw a method for making curved joints, but I'm not sure I remember the details. I couldn't find anything on it either googling or looking through various books. Imagine a very shallow "s-cuve" joining 2 pieces (with the grain). I *think* this can be done with a single template and a pattern-following bit (or a bushing) by rough cutting the curved joint line, then placing the 2 pieces slightly closer together than the diameter of the bit, with the template set so that the cut will follow the (imaginary) center line of the joint and trim just enough of both pieces to clean up the edges. Does this sound right? Seems like it should work, and I am about to give it a try, but thought I'd ask too. Maybe the hardest part will be clamping down the two pieces and the template! It does occur to me that whichever direction I feed the router will be right for one piece and wrong for the other, but maybe it'll be OK since the cut won't be very deep? (Oh... why would I want to do this? Gluing the pieces back together with a thin strip of wood of a contrasting color sandwiched in between gives a nice effect.)
Thanks for any advice.
-Mike Sollins