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Routing
Each woodworking technique from
the categories below includes detailed instructions, easy-to-read
illustrations, color drawings, photographs, and all the information
needed to make you a better woodworker. Each technique has been
shop-tested by the editors of WOOD magazine.
Dovetail construction symbolizes quality woodworking for
good reason: Its locking parts produce a mechanically strong
joint built to last. Let us show you how to rout them. |
Give any project a dramatic new look using these simple
techniques using only basic router bits and a standard
tablesaw blade. We’ll demonstrate them by making decorative
box lids, but you can apply similar techniques to everything
from picture frames to drawer fronts.
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When you mount a router on a table, you expand your shop’s
potential. To help you take advantage of this potential, we
assembled five router table techniques guaranteed to make
you a better woodworker. You’ll see that a well-equipped
router table not only saves you time, it can save you money
by standing in for other tools. |
Add an impressive detail to your finest work, using a router
and these tips. |
Out setup tips help you turn out perfect half-blind
dovetails every time using a basic dovetail jig and router.
Plus, we’ve even included the plans for the jig holder shown
at right. |
Plunge routers date back to 1949, when they were first
introduced in Germany by Elu, a company now owned by DeWalt.
It wasn’t until the early-80s, though, that plunge routers
became widely available in North America. Today,
manufacturers offer more models of plunge routers than their
fixed-base brethren. |
So simple you won't believe it!
Some reader letters really grab our attention, such as the
one we received from John Grant of Palmer, Alaska. It began,
“You’re not going to believe what I am about to tell you. I
know how to taper a round table leg on my router table using
only a straight bit.” John went on to describe his
easy-to-do process for attaching wooden discs to both ends
of a piece of stock, then rotating the stock over a spinning
straight bit to make it round. After reading his letter, we
tried his procedures in the WOOD® magazine shop. They worked
like a charm! Before too long, we found ways to produce
flutes, coves, and beads, too. The results were truly
impressive. Now, we’re ready to introduce you to these
incredibly simple and accurate techniques. We even include
plans to build the jigs, like the one shown left.
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