Router Tips

tabbypurr · 2016-02-19T14:43:54+00:00

Did a bunch of routing, rounding over for safe handling, but the results we re a bit mixed. Routers are one tool I seldom use, so am something of a beg inner with them. I thought round would look better than planed corners for once. What happened was inconsistency of cut depth, sometimes too deep some times too shallow. The wood was uneven in places, and controlling router an gle consistently was just not doable on the 34mm wide timber edge. The cutt ing bit didn't move in depth and the router was locked so it didn't shift i n depth either. Any tips? I used the 1/4" plunge router, a modern one with plenty of visibility round the bit. The 1/4" round was all done in one pass. The aim was safe handlin g rather than fancy finish, so came out adequately, but had I wanted someth ing decent I'd be saying oops. NT