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ROUTING
Yourrouteris a versatile toolandcanbeusedfor
manydifferent a pplications, Youmayroutgrooves,
carvedesigns usinga template, carvedesigns by
freehand, tapertableandchairlegs,mortise door
jambs,orcreatejoints,
ROUTING GROOVES
SeeFigure15,
Whenrouting across thefaceof boards, s etrouterat
desired depthofcut,place theedgeofrouterbase
against w orkpiece, andturnonthe router, S lowly feed
thecutterintotheworkpiece alongdesired lineof cut,
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WARNmNG: If desired depthofcutis greater
thancanbesafelycutinonepass,makecutsin
twoor morepasses,
Whenrouting straight c utsacrossstock, c lampa
straight e dgetotheworkpiece touseas a guide,
Position thestraightedge parallel t othelineofcutand
offset t hedistance between thecutting edgeofthe
cutterandtheedgeoftherouterbase, H oldtherouter
baseagainst t hestraightedge a ndroutthegroove,
Whenrouting a groove widerthanthediameter o f the
cutter, c lampa straightedge o nbothsidesof the
cutlines, P osition bothguidesparallel t othedesired
lineofcutandspaced equaldistances f romthe
desired edges of thegroove, R outalongoneguide;
then,reverse direction androutalongtheotherguide,
Cleanoutanyremaining w asteinthecenterofthe
groove freehand,
ROUTING BYFREEHAND
SeeFigure16,
Whenusedfreehand, yourrouterbecomes a flexible
andversatile tool,Thisflexibility makes it possibleto
easilyroutsigns, r eliefsculptures, etc,
Therearetwobasictechniques f orfreehand routing:
[] Routing letters, g rooves, a ndpatterns intowood,
[] Routing outthebackground, leaving theletters or
pattern raised above thesurface,
Whenfreehand routing, w esuggest t hefollowing:
[] Drawor layout t he pattern onworkpiece,
[] Choose theappropriate c utter,
NOTE: A coreboxor V-groove bitis oftenusedfor
routing letters andengraving o bjects, S traight b its
andballmillsareoftenusedto makerelief
carvings, Veining bitsareusedtocarvesmall,
intricate details,
Fig,15
Rout t he pattern intwoor morepasses, M akethe
firstpassat25%ofthedesired depthof cut,This
will provide bettercontrol a s wellas beinga guide
forthenextpass,
NOTE: D onotroutdeeperthan1,/8 in, perpass,
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WARNING:Donotuselargerouterbitsfor
freehand routing, U seof largerouterbitswhen
freehand routing couldcauselossofcontrol o r
createotherhazardous c onditions t hatcould
causepossible serious personal injury, W hen
using a routertable,largerouterbitsshould be
usedforedgingonly,Donotuserouterbitsthat
arelargerindiameter t hantheopening inrouter
baseforanypurpose,
Fig,16
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