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ROUTER OPERATION sa BISCUIT JOINT ROUTING sa BOX JOINT ROUTING sa DADO & RABBET JOINT ROUTING sa DOVETAIL JOINT ROUTING sa LATHE GROOVING & ROUTING sa MORTISE CUTTING & ROUTING xx ROUTER Tips on using a radial arm saw for boring and routing. Tip: Attach a scrap-wood handle using hot-melt glue. This will protect your fingers when routing small items such as drawer pulls. Router 101. The basic course in understanding and using your router. Tips on preventing tear-out when using a router. Using a router to square up the edge of a panel that is too large for a table saw. Edge treatments. A summary of basic edge treatments and variations, design considerations and how to work with chamfers, round-overs, coves, and ogees. Router safety. A guide to common mistakes to avoid when working with a router. Advice on avoiding "fuzzy" splinters of veneer when routing plywood. Chart to determine the maximum safe operating speed of a router based on the diameter of the bit. Pattern routing. An explanation of pattern materials, technique, equipment and limitations. Tip on using a technique called "pattern routing" to make multiple copies of identical objects (such as wooden rockers). Tip on using a router for duplicating an irregular shape using a flush-trimming bit and a pattern (template). Guide to professional router techniques. Tips on selecting bits, space-saver router table, pattern routing, precision edge trimming, and a shop-built mortising guide. How to do inlay work with a router. Starting out with routers. The basics of using this versatile tool. How to rout straight, square edges using a ball bearing trim bit and a straightedge. Trick for table routing the ends of narrow boards uses a push board. Tip on using double-faced carpet tape and an extension stick when routing small pieces. Two methods for getting accurate depth settings on a router. How to route the edges of oak across the grain without chip-out. Tip on preventing tipping when routing the narrow edge of a board, box, etc. Tip: Use a carbide-tipped pilot bit and a router to cut out the plywood sheathing from door and window openings. Pattern routing exterior details. Production-line methods for fabricating balusters, finials, pergola roof, etc. incorporated into a deck addition on a Tudor house. Horizontal crossfeed end-boring jig converts a tilting-table drill press into an end-boring machine that will handle work pieces up to 38-in. long. Also facilitate drilling multiple holes without removing work from the jig. Can also be used horizontally for various housing and routing operations. Constructed mostly of wood. Routed signs. Use an overhead projector to transfer sign layouts to wood in preparation for routing. Includes tips on freehand routing. Tip: How to route all around the edge of a piece of wood without getting too much tearing or ragged cuts. How to joint wide planks using a router equipped with a flush-cutting spiral trimmer. How to route wide moldings on a Shopsmith set up in the drill press configuration. A shop-made jig serves as a guide that lets you go slowly enough to get a clean cut at 5500 RPM. Tips on surfacing crosscut slabs to a uniform thickness using either a planer or a router. Machining backwards. Tips on using a power feed to "climb-cut" on a router, shaper, etc. Climb-cutting and power-feeding will eliminate almost all machining rejects. Tip: How to route a groove just slightly wider than your bit when using a template. Tips on using a router to make raised-panel doors. Shaping with a router. Using jigs, a large router, and standard router bits and ball-bearing pilots to shape 12/4 and 8/4 stock. Technique for routing stopped grooves for inlay strips using a table-mounted router. Prevent tearout when routing drawer fronts by making the cross-grain cuts first. Routing safe and sound. Seven tips to keep your hand-held router under control. Introduction to the use of a router. What can you do with a router? A description of how to do edge-trimming, plane an edge, flute legs, mortise, and make intricate dovetail joints with a router. Includes a chart of accessories. Tips on using a router to burnish the edges of scroll work pieces. Save softwood from being marked by the pilot on a router bit by tacking a hacksaw blade on the edge of the wood. Jig constructed from wood for a drill press will allow shaping, routing, drum sanding and jointing. How to use a radial arm saw as a clamp for holding routing work. Trenching, excavating and ploughing grooves and profiles in wood using hand tools. Looks at plough plane, old woman's tooth, hand router planes, molding router, etc. Tip shows how to clamp scrap pieces on outside edges of narrow stock that is to be end-routed. Routing profiles with a hand-held router using pilot-guided bits. Five simple steps. Avoiding router table kickback. Some tips on bits and techniques. Tip on tightening and loosening a router collet using only one hand, but two wrenches. How to rout a square opening. Technique of backrouting to prevent chipout explained. Tip on routing zebrawood and other woods which have a natural tendency to split or chip. Two tips for plunging to precise depths. Router basics. Five tips to improve your routing. How to avoid router burns. 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. Spotlight on router safety. Tip on making identical 1/4" plywood parts by using a template and a table-mounted router. Get more leverage when tightening or loosening router collets by using only one hand to grip both wrenches. Tip on using a drill bit of the appropriate size to get exact spacing between a router bit and the work piece. Tips on the best direction to move the router when cutting. Advice on handling bowed stock when table-routing long work pieces. How to achieve smooth routed edges by climb cutting (running a router in a clockwise motion around the edge of a work piece). When to make a climb cut and when not to. Guidelines on which way to feed a router into a work piece. Tip on router trimming of solid wood edges on two panels at one time in order to keep the router from tipping and avoid the need for a special jig. Plunge-routing basics and six jigs. (1) Mortising jig. (2) Fluting, slot and dado routing jig. (3) Keyhole-routing jig. (4) Jig to bore a series of identically-spaced holes. (5) Jig for making raised panels. (6) Circle-cutting trammel and template for routing holes up to 6" diameter. Technique for adjusting the correct plunge depth on a router without refering to the pointer scale. Reduce tearout when routing an edge profile on delicate workpieces by scoring the wood before routing. Using templates with straight router bits. Tip on securing small or odd-shaped workpieces for routing or sanding without the use of clamps or rubber pads. Eliminate chip-out when using table saw, router, jointer, band saw, scroll saw, jig saw, and portable circular saw. Using flush-trim bits and pattern bits to rout identical parts using a template. How to do routing of shallow trays on a drill press or router table. Involves the use of a jig to keep the router bit within the pattern area. How to rout a slot using a router bit chucked into a drill press. Uses a front and back fence to keep the slot centered on edge of wood. Tip: When routing slots using a guide board, and the slot needs to be a "smidgen" wider, attach a strip of masking tape to the guide board and re-route the slot. Tip: How to plane lumber to custom thickness using a router and router table. Tip: How to make a drawer front with a routed design that has four good 90-degree corners. Tip: Use a piece of plywood as a combination pushstick and stabilizing guide when routing the end of a narrow work piece. Router rotation. A comparison of "down milling" -vs- "up milling" cuts when using a router attached to a router table. Tip: Use a router/router table combination to clean up the bottoms of notches which have been cut with a saber saw. Tip: How to avoid "stepped grooves" when making multiple, ever-deeper passes with the same router bit. Tip: How to "square-off" inside corners left when cutting decorative profile moldings using a router. Techniques to plane thin pieces of wood without a thickness planer. (1) Equip a hand plane with side runners or sole runners. (2) Use a router table and a straight bit. Routing out the recesses for drawer pulls. Tip on routing a large, uniform corner radius on a face frame without chipout problems. Router tips. (1) Feed direction and rate. (2) Preventing splintering. (3) Stabilizing router on narrow surfaces. (4) Routing dadoes and grooves exactly 90-degrees to an edge. Simple memory aid to figure out which direction to move a hand-held router along the edge of a work piece. Tips to avoid burning the wood when routing the end grain of a work piece. Backrouting techniques described. Tip on preventing wood chipping when routing edges by thoroughly wetting the wood. Tips on determining when you are routing efficiently (best feed rate and depth of cut). Tip on avoiding collet-related accidents when using a router. Tip on using a mirror to improve your visibility during the routing process. Advice on setting a router's depth-of-cut. Photos illustrate the use of a plunging router in the making of reproductions of Chippendale chairs. Some unique joints for stretcher rails and arm support are illustrated. How to shape moldings and decorative edges using a router. Some tips. Tip on making fine adustments on router fences without moving the fence. Backcutting with a router. When and how to use reverse-traverse or back routing to prevent fibre breakout. Tip: Use a handscrew to grip the work piece when routing or shaping small parts. Tip: Use a router to clean-up saber-sawed cross cuts on panels that are too wide for a radial arm saw. How to use a portable router to make drawers, doors. decorative edges and for dovetail joints. Tip shows how to route tapered grooves on a drill press, even when the sides are not parallel. All about making spiral spindles. Shows how to make them by hand, on a lathe, and with a router. An opaque projector is used to produce templates of large letters or numbers. Useful when painting or routing signs, or cutting large letters from wood. Includes tips on routing letters in wood. Use an aluminum straightedge and your router in place of a jointer to true up the edge of a board for edge joining. | |||||||||
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