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ROUTER ACCESSORIES & JIGS x TEMPLATE (ROUTER) xx ROUTER Router fixture design. A device for inlaying a Hepplewhite table leg. Locks the leg in position so the router can be manipulated to cut the rectangular grooves necessary for inlaying. Tip on routing matching slots in shelving so that multiple dividers can be installed at 2" intervals and they will all be parallel to one another. Tip: Make a wooden stand to hold your router upside down while changing bits. Jig for clamping small work pieces for routing. Jig for cutting a round hole in the end of a large, round post using a router. Custom adjustable router fence attaches to the base of the router. Plexiglas base that screws to the baseplate has a hardwood fence with a curved slot at one end for adjusting the width of the cut. Adjustable edge guide can be made to fit almost any router. An acrylic base is fitted with a movable wooden fence. Jig for cutting a clean, rounded edge along a 45-degree corner using a laminate trimmer. Tip on routing flutes and other straight (parallel) cuts by adding a second fence to the router. Box-routing jig for a round-base plunge router. Wooden borders and inserts control movement of the router. Tip suggests adding elongated baseplate with wooden grip to routers. Template for routing round corners in four different diameters. Shop-built template follower for a router. Plans for a router jig for the removal of rough stock on items like burls, rough lumber and slabs. Angle iron and wood jig allows the router to be used like a planer. Homemade router guide allows you to cut perfect circles up to six feet in diameter. Router. Part 2. Jigs for special operations. Machines in tandem. How to equip a woodworking lathe with a sliding router assembly in order to cut decorative grooves (flutes) and spirals in cylindrical stock. Using a router to do inlay work, either for surface decoration or for patch repairs. How to make the template and router bushing necessary for routing the "bed" to receive the inlay. Router template design. Illustration shows layout for routing a V groove. Multi-purpose router jig is made from acrylic. Use it to make precise crosscuts. Has adjustable stop blocks to control the length of the cut. Micro-thicknesser. How to make a small jig designed to hold a plunge router in a fixed position. Wood strips are fed into an adjustable slot just below the router bit to make precisely machined wood for tongues, splines, etc. Shop-made jig for cutting profiles on a curved edge using a vertical panel router bit. Shop-built holder made from clear acrylic plastic holds router templates for letters and numbers. Fixture used with a router and flush-trimming bit to cut crisp edges on the ends of wood stock up to 1.5" thick. How to use a router and pantograph to make signs and wood carvings. A look at router accessories and what they do. Tip: Plywood base holds plaques and other small pieces when doing edge routing. Simple router stand lets you set router down before bit has coasted to a complete stop. Template for cutting rounded corners consistently. Using jigs and a router to cut a lot of double-angle miters with speed and accuracy. Router jigs for cutting half-lap bird's-mouth joints. Included in an article on a stone-and-wood country house. Simple jig for cutting moldings using a router. Router control. Using site-built jigs, bearing-guided bits and a router table to make precise cuts in wood. Tip on using dual guides on a router when cutting flutes with a core-box bit. Simple jig for securely holding a router inverted when profiling a small piece of material. An ideal device for occasional use in the field. Simple jig aids in routing the slots for splines in miter joints. Use a router and templates to inlay a border of contrasting wood on furniture, jewelry boxes, serving trays, etc. Jig for making uniform-size dowels on a lathe by using a router instead of lathe chisels. The router rail. Using a router to surface large panels. The jig is built from garage-door track and conveyor-belt rollers. Ideal for surfacing (planing) end-grain panels, like butcher blocks. Surface a 3x6 ft. tabletop in 1/2 hour. Fluting jig uses a router to cut accurate and consistent flutes on tapered turned legs. Eccentric router base lets you cut slots of various widths without moving the guide fence. Making dowels with a router using this simple jig. How to cut miters and spline grooves with a router and a simple homemade jig. Two jigs which, when used with a portable router, can produce both semicircular and straight molding in patterns difficult to produce with a shaper. Joinery along curved lines. A general method for template routing. Circle guide for a router has several advantages over commercial models: it's cheaper, it cuts circles smaller than the router base and it allows repeat set-ups to precise radii without trial and error. Use a simple jig and your router to cut reeds into a curved tapered bedpost. Router fence has a hinged extension. In use you mark the center of the groove to be cut, clamp on the router fence, flip up the extension and rout the groove. Build this router jig to carve large wood balls. A simple jig for routing blind spline slots in spline-mitered frames. Two shop made router subbases eleminate the "trauma" associated with routing dadoes across wide boards and grooving the edges of narrow stock. How to cut parallel grooves in a tapered table leg using a router and simple jig. Decorative turning. Router jig attaches to a wood lathe. The router swings in a pivoting cradle to cut designs into the outside of a wooden bowl. Variable-arm milling machine for doing large wood turnings and sculpture. The cutting is done by a router attached to an arm which can pivot up and down, left and right, and can follow a template. Furthermore, the router can be located anywhere along the arm. Sliding jig for a router is used to shape a 16-ft. beam into uniform arcs for use as a gymnastic balance beam. Router joinery. Jigs expand the repertoire of joints you can cut using a router. Jigs shown for straight-edges, mortising, tenoning, and panel-raising. Also shows a dust-collection cage for use with slot cutters. Simple router jig to cut "perfect" tenons at the rate of around 60 per hour. Simple jig to use with your router to produce tenons on the end of chair rungs, quickly and accurately. Tip: Make router subbases out of Plexiglas to increase visibility. Adjustable fixture for beveling panels with a router. Router-based duplicator for your lathe. Simple plywood box supports a router as it is guided along a profile template. The router cuts the desired pattern on the work piece rotating in the lathe. Use your round over router bits to cut fingernail-shaped edges with this simple jig. Router jig for milling radiused corners on a square tabletop. Complementary template routing. How to cut tight-fitting curved joints from a single pattern (template). Adjustable jig holds a laminate trimmer (small router) to trim solid-wood edgebanding on plywood. Single-setup solution for routing tongue-and-rabbet drawer joints. Jig for routing a cavity for a quartz clockwork. Jig for surfacing long and wide boards with a router. Simple, adjustable jig for using a plunge router to cut identical-width slots of various lengths. Uses for asymmetrical router bases. (1) Three edges of base are exactly 3" from the edge of 3 different bit sizes. (2) Base designed for cutting a groove wider than 0.5" in only two passes using a 0.5" bit. Cautions when using polycarbonate (such as Lexan) for router bases. Speed the adjustment of a router fence by installing a sharpened dowel pin in the chuck. Router base and guide bar are used to route slots at odd angles. Router jig for cutting uniformly-spaced flutes in flat surfaces. Adjustable-height router jig for use with vertical panel-raising router bits. Template routing basics. (1) Three bits for routing with templates. (2) Cutting multiples. (3) Template for butt hinge mortises. (4) Routing small pieces. (5) Making precise templates. (6) Routing a through mortise. Simple jig and technique for routing a radiused corner on a countertop. Router template collars. Selecting and using template collar guides which add safety and control. Tip: Storage rack for a router fastens to the bottom of a shelf. A circle guide you can make for your router is designed to cut large circular moldings. User's report on the Shop Mate, a guide device for ripping and mitering with a portable circular saw. Also used with router. Est. cost: $60. How to cut fancy edges for tabletops and picture frames. Tips on using the router accessory called "Edge Crafter", available from Sears Roebuck. Unique work stand adapts the "Marlin Wood Carver" tool for carving in the round. Use it to make duplicate spindles and other furniture parts. Carving signs with router templates. Includes a layout of five templates for making every letter and every number with a router. Adjustable base allows you to tilt your router when making cuts. When tilted, flat-bottom bits perform as shaper cutters, allowing you to cut vee, circular, or elliptical grooves. "Hobbie-Carve" duplicating machine for a router makes you an expert woodcarver. Tips on its use. Est. cost: $75. Make a Dial-A-Jig router attachment. Jig for attaching your router to a portable drill-press stand. The router is held firmly while you move the work being routed. Homemade jig is used with a special router bit to surface your own lumber. Especially useful for surfacing sections of a tree trunk for use as table tops. Est. costs: $50 for the jig and $72 for the carbide-tipped router bit. Depth gauge jig is used to set the cutting depth for pilotless router bits. Set depth from 1/16" to 1" (in increments of 1/16"). Tip: Routing the edge of a curved shelf is much easier if you make a convex base for the router which matches the curve of the shelf. The auxiliary base is made from softwood using a lathe. Great woodworking jigs for your shop. Part 2. Router surfacing guide to level the uneven surface of glued-up stock. Mastering the router. A woodworker's guide to the superversatile router. Includes guided cuts, dado-cutting guide, ball-bearing pilots, circle-cutting guide, jigs and templates, etc. Make a pantograph for a router. Using compass and straightedge to layout circles and curves for woodworking. Adding a trammel to your router to make decorative circle cuts. Versatile new routers turn you into a craftsman. What is available in routers, jigs, bits and accessories. Includes plans for making a dado guide, a shaper table and a guide for cutting tenons. Radial arm router lets you cut fancy wood designs. Attaching your router head to your radial arm saw head will give you greater control over your router when doing precision routing. You can either purchase a metal yoke or build your own wooden yoke to hold the router. Also included are plans for a jig for doing smooth taper carving. Router-gear roundup. A chart of accessories available for use with routers. Twenty reasons why you need a router. Looks at homemade and commercial jigs to increase versatility, plus tips on using a router. Adjustable jig for routing decorative grooves around door panels. This jig produces a rectangular pattern, except at the corners, where adjacent grooves are joined with curved arcs. Rub arm acts as an oversized bearing when cutting shallow grooves with table-mounted router. How to make a jig to rout recesses. Convert an electric or pneumatic die grinder to a mini-router by attaching this jig. Used to remove wood in tight places. Tip on building a plywood template for your router when making many pieces of the same shape. Tip: A simple router jig to "flush out" an edge band with surface stock and not go through the veneer. Tip: For safety, use a right-angle jig block when cutting small pieces on a table saw or router. Find it fast with these 5 shop organizers. (1) Wall-hung cabinet holds a portable belt sander and palm sander and a supply of sandpaper for each. (2) Wall-hung board for router and accessories. (3) Under-table and over-table storage racks for all of your clamps. (4) Wall-rack holds lathe tools and accessories. (5) Three-compartment cabinet for drill bits. Template routing. How to make and use router templates. How to make a "delta-wing" pin routing attachment for your router table for use with the templates. Gauge for setting your router bit-to-fence spacing, bit elevation, rip fence spacing, etc. Advice on using speed controllers on routers. Extended base for router makes it easier to route assembled box or drawer edges. Eight sure-fire ways to make the most out of a router. (1) Router table fence. (2) Feather boards. (3) Routing small moldings. (4) Zero-clearance table. (5) Pushblock for end-grain cuts. (6) Master stile-and-rail sets. (7) Biscuit joinery. (8) Freehand guard. Vacuum-veneering and clamping. How to construct a hold-down platform, trammel pivot, router template, push-block and band saw circle-cutting jig, all of which rely on vacuum pressure to operate. Simple scrap wood jig gives needed support when edge-routing narrow, curved work pieces. How to loosen a router template guide bearing without damaging the smooth surface. High-performance router accessories. A description of 14 commercially-available accessories that will turn your router into the most versatile tool in your shop. Tip on using a router template and flat washer to draw the cutting lines for making the slightly-oversized work piece. Later, the same template will be used with a pattern bit to finish the work piece to exact size. Modifying a router guide bushing so that it can be tightened properly. Simple plywood stand (holder) for a hand-held router allows the bit to spin down safely. Tip on keeping a 1/4" adapter from inserting too far into a 1/2" router collet. Build this take-along case for your router and accessories. Built entirely from wood. Jig for routing edges on small circles. A jig for routing grooves in the exact center of stock from 0.5" to 3" thick. Use to cut grooves for splines. Tip: Make a large auxiliary router base from clear "Plexiglas" when routing out large cavities in trays, etc. The large base will keep the router from dipping down into the cavity. Jig for routing the tongues on the ends of long boards. How to cut a decorative stopped chamfer on the inside edge of an assembled frame-and-panel door using a router and this simple jig. Router turning jig. Turn the ends of small wooden projects (kaleidoscope, salt shaker, ...) by twisting the work piece slowly against a fast-turning router bit using this jig. Jig for use with a router to trim solid wood edging flush with an adjacent surface (table top, countertop, panel, etc.). Working with thin (1/4") wooden stock. (1) Book matching. (2) Edge-gluing. (3) Hand planing. (4) Planing with a router and a simple jig. Using templates to make uniform curved legs for chairs. The template is attached directly to the work piece. The same template is used on both the band saw (for rough cutting) and the router table (for final shaping). Techniques for keeping a router level when used on the narrow edge of a board. Chip slinger. Simple disk of plywood or plastic is placed on the router bit's shaft to prevent debris from falling into the motor. Tips on selecting and using double-sided carpet tape to temporarily attach a work piece to a router template. Jig for cutting flutes using a router. Using ramps to lift a router smoothly away from the work piece when cutting stopped flutes. This leaves a clean, tapered end with no burn marks. Simple shop-made router guide can be adapted to any router. Shop built jig sets distance for parallel routing guide. End fixture for working ends and edges. Build a jig for working the edges and narrow ends of boards with routers and other machine tools. Similar in design to commercial dovetail jigs, it is larger and more versatile. Tip on using an O-ring to keep a router template guide from slipping. Using a router to cut moldings, stair tread housings, louvered ventilating frame, and stopped rebates. Includes a jig for cutting decorative panels. Building and using jigs and accessories that make the portable router such a versatile tool. Making templates to cut accurate circular holes using a router. Routing: the full story. An in-depth guide to buying and using the router. Includes: (1) Sharpening bits. (2) Jig for routing small pieces. (3) Making a router stand with storage drawers. (4) A router table which clamps to a workbench. (5) A custom-made storage box for the router. (6) Dovetailing jig. How to fabricate templates for use with a router. Folding wedge fence attaches to your router's guide rods. Calibrated sliding wedges make it possible to accurately move your router cut sideways in 1/64" increments. Jig for cutting slots in the mitered face of narrow stock. Works in conjunction with a table-mounted router. Jig for edge-jointing long or very thin boards using a router. Router jig for cutting the grooves for splines in splined miter joints. Tips on making the splines and clamping the joint. Slotting with a router. This device uses a standard double-flanged shooting-board, some simple hardware and a router to produce accurately pitched slots across the ends of boards to form comb corner joints, etc. Jig for bevelling and fielding panels with a router. A router shooting board is designed to square the end of a board using a router instead of a plane. May also be used to cut grooves and rebates. Turntable supports work being routed. It can be easily turned and locked with a cam. Ideal for use when pulling the router toward you to maintain control. Jig and template for routing gentle curves. Adjustable fence attaches to the base of a router and does not move during use. Sliding router jig. A general purpose jig for a variety of jobs (planing a flat surface, cutting parallel grooves, etc.). Router faceplate lathe. A hand-operated faceplate serves to hold the turning blank. The faceplate can be aligned in several different positions relative to a horizontal router which does the actual cutting. Aid for freehand routing. This useful jig holds virtually any shape of small block or board in a suitable position for hand routing. Movable support bars keep the router level with the work surface. Improvised guide point is attached to a block of wood which in turn slides on the router's guide rods. This guide point is used to follow a scalloped edge when cutting a molding. Auxiliary jaws (for use with a Workmate) provide a wider bearing surface when routing slots or grooves in the edge of a board. Router indexing jig is used to bore any number of holes (of preset diameter and depth) in a work piece. Router jig for cutting circles in plywood up to 40" diameter. Tip; Attach a longer auxiliary wood fence to your router edge guide to make it easier to control. Simple wooden wrench for tightening router thumbscrews. Making a rosette jig. Simple jig to square and field the ends of large panels using a router. How to route decorative grooves in plywood doors. Requires a "fence" around the door and a wooden shoe attachment on the router base. How to use a wing router template. Adjustable indexing jig for a router. Makes it easier to do reeding and fluting on spindle turnings, ready-made table legs, etc. Router jig to cut "false" dovetails (butterfly joints). They are used to strengthen a miter joint and make it more decorative. Make an L-shaped bracket to attach your router to your radial arm saw. This will allow more precise routing. Router organizer. Wall-mounted plywood cabinet stores two routers and all of their accessories and bits. Overall dimensions: 36"Hx24"Wx13"D. | |||||||||
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