I hope you remembered the most important safety rule of all, to wear these, safety glasses.I'd never thought of getting a router until I watched The New Yankee Workshop on the then new satellite TV
I needed a 16 or17" circle cutting from a 2" thick slab of mahogany with a rebate around it's edge to form a drop in lid, I cut in from the bottom using a jig that I made with a centre pin and cut through in stages the cutter was fully in the wood at all times before breaking through not running on an edge. Good thing with this method is it is easier to hold the work down around the scrap edges when you are cutting.Maybe daft question but to cut a circle out of timber. I want the disc not the hole.
Am I better doing progressively deeper cuts with a router, or cutting it near as I can with a jigsaw then cleaning up with a router?
An important set up consideration but also the one most overlooked
Ive seen some nasty endings
I've worn prescription safety glasses for 40 odd years so it would feel odd NOT to be wearing any while workingI hope you remembered the most important safety rule of all, to wear these, safety glasses.
It's what the guy says on New Yankee Workshop, haven't seen an episode for probably 15 years but that line goes through my head every time I use a circular saw.I've worn prescription safety glasses for 40 odd years so it would feel odd NOT to be wearing any while working
“Think about shop Safety”It's what the guy says on New Yankee Workshop, haven't seen an episode for probably 15 years but that line goes through my head every time I use a circular saw.
Tracksaw everytime for trimming top/bottom of door. Or a homemade track for a skillyAfter seeing a router being used for trimming a door bottom I thought I'd try it so clamped a straight edge across the door to run the router against, halfway across I realised the straight edge was slipping and I was cutting a nice taper going up the door
Tracksaw everytime for trimming top/bottom of door. Or a homemade track for a skilly
Maybe daft question but to cut a circle out of timber. I want the disc not the hole.
Am I better doing progressively deeper cuts with a router, or cutting it near as I can with a jigsaw then cleaning up with a router?
unless it has a blade guide at the top of the blade no it wanders curving the wood edgeJigsaw?
unless it has a blade guide at the top of the blade no it wanders curving the wood edge
Aye. Take the bulk off with a jigsawJigsaw?
Less power means you take Smaller cuts it all.Ive never used a router before, I am going to use a palm router/trimmer to put a round edge on some MDF for a wardrobe.
Ive got a makita RT0700CX4 which is only 700watts.
I guess this will be fine for round overs however I also decided to make a table top out of a slab of cedar.
I was planning on making a diy router sled and use the router to put a flat surface on both sides of the slab.
Im now thinking 700w aint gonna do it, seeing you lot are using 1.2kw death machines.