choosing or using routers, router bits, and other accessories
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How can I repeatedly cut the same pattern using a router?
I'm involved with a project where I need to use a router (or some other tool?) to carve a specific-sized square in the top of a desk. This square will not go all the way through the desk; rather, it ...
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How to prevent router from grabbing board when doing face moulding?
I'm creating a picture frame out of a piece of 1"x6" Oak. I have a router table, with my face moulding bit inserted. I am guiding the wood in from the right side toward the left side (the direction of ...
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What to look for when picking a router?
I am in the market to purchase a router for the first time, and I am not really sure what I should be looking for. As a reference, this is for hobby wood working, and the best I know to categorize it ...
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Which router would be more useful for kitchen cabinet work?
I will start my biggest project to date in a few months, and now I'm buying and studying the tools needed.
Which router is most useful in cabinet making? A plunge router or a laminate trimmer? Both ...
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How can I cut regularly spaced 45 degree grooves in a piece of wood?
I'm making a coat rack to hang behind a door, but there isn't room room for a hanger between the door and the wall when the door is opened so it's parallel to the wall. My solution to this is to have ...
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Can I put a sanding drum in a routing table and use it like a spindle sander?
If I mount something like one of these:
in a router in a router table, have I just created a spindle sander, or are there other differences in how they work? If you've already got a router, what ...
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Is it possible to install a 1/2" collet on my palm router?
I initially bought a router (this router) for some door hinge mortising. Now I need to route a few 1"x1" channels in some MDF. The 1" x 1 1/4" bit I need has a 1/2" shaft, but the collet on my ...
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What do you call the piece that holds a router bit's guide wheel in place?
In the pic below, there's a black ring that holds the bearing guide wheel in place against the router bit. I need another one of those so I can position the guide wheel higher up on the shank. ...
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Are finishing bits sold as such?
One of the answers for another question of mine recommended using a finishing bit in my router to leave about 1/16" protrusion remaining to be sanded. When I search for "finishing bit" though I can't ...
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Can I mount a router to the Ridgid R4510 table saw?
I'd like to purchase a Ridgid R4510 table saw, but I want to make sure I can mount a router under it. Should I be concerned with whether this specific table saw is going to allow it or do pretty much ...
