Router Table Setup Woodworking

On a router table before making the cut apply masking tape to the workpiece edge or router table fence as shown two layers if the tape is ultra thin.

Router table setup woodworking. Kreg precision router table system kreg prs1045. For example many routers now sport built in lift mechanisms that you crank to adjust bit heights from above the table as shown above without removing the router or reaching below the table. Once the fence has been adjusted properly and the height of the bit is set you are ready to run a test piece of wood through the router. I am attempting to use the lee valley box slotting bit 16j8302 but it doesn t reach above the router table when inserted correctly into the collet the router is adjusted as high in the table as it will go.

Getting more from your router bits. The rockler router table fence makes setting up stopped cuts especially easy its t slotted fence facing allows quick and easy positioning of stops for perfect repeatable cuts. The same operation with a handheld router or a table saw is often extremely cumbersome or dangerous. Plane the edges of plywood panels before applying wood edging.

A router table can be set up in seconds to perform a stopped cut. Here are a few of the tasks you can accomplish with this setup. Straighten the edges of boards so they can be glued together. I have a bosch router in its fixed base ra1161 attached to a bosch router table ra1181.

Remove saw marks from the edges of ripped boards. The final set up concern is the the height of the bit. Although you can mount nearly any handheld router upside down in a router table some are better suited to this line of duty than others. Before the final pass remove the tape for a whisker thin shave.

These routers typically require an extra hole in the insert plate. This is normally adjusted through height controls on the router table or if you have a router lift attached to your router table.