The fact that a 60 degree endmill is available makes it possible for one to use such an endmill to cut along the edges of a board to create a set of six boards which can be combined to make a column or a post, just draw up the board, (or a suitable sheet of plywood) and draw in rounded rectangles which are board length plus board thickness long, and board thickness high which will cut board thickness deep using a V carving toolpath.
Will you always have creative ideas. I make segmented bowls and use the
Wedgie system on the table saw. I like to make 12 sided rings because I turn them on the lathe. Your premise is a good one but will waste a lot of wood to make the same amount of segments that can be cut more efficiently on a table saw. That said if your only tool is the Shapeoko then your instructions would work.
This is a forum dedicated to CNC machine but some jobs in the shop are simply better done the old fashioned way. I have planners, jointers, bandsaws but sometimes a good old hand plane or chisel is the best and most efficient way of doing some things. To each his own.
If a carpenter only has one tool, a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. Use your full tool kit and mix up the machines with hand work.
Yes. I bought the system before I got the CNC. I think I could make my own wedgie templates now with the Shapeoko. I used several other sleds and the seg-way and wedgies are spot on with no adjustments.
It’s pretty common for woodturners to glue up half the segments in each of two pieces, then use a disk sander (I have a 12" one) to flatten the two faces before gluing together to fix any accumulated error. You could do the same with a ShapeOKO, just make a straight line pass across the edge.
