Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Dear friends

Im looking to purchase a New Router... Admittingly I have never used one so Im anxious to learn ...

For instance when cutting out a profile for a tear how do I set it up for use in cutting with the router so it gets cut nicely as I have drawn it...

Do I build an edge to follow or? do I set the template on the ply as usual and then use the edge to cut?

Classic Finn

I belong to a router/woodworking forum. It's based on the "Router Workshop" TV series, with Bob and Rick Rosendahl.

There's tons of knowledgable members and tips, dealing with all woodworking questions...

http://routerforums.com/ (Forum)
http://www.routerworkshop.com/index.html (TV show)

http://www.routerworkshop.com/rbpattern.html (Router tip pattern making)

Heikki,

To specifically answer your question, yes, you have to make a template first to follow with the router. But go to the router forum Ken suggested. It's a great place and you will learn a lot...................and just like this forum, ask a question and then brace yourself for all the answers and opinions.

I,ll be going out in the mornin to get me a new router.. then playin with it on some left over ply to get some hands on learnin...


I,ll do some lerkin around 1st on that thread... Thank You Kenadian...
and Chris....

Ohhh boy what an age to start tinkerin with somethin new...



Classic Finn

Heikki, you very near the land of BOSCH...my recommendation is to get one with exchangable bases...One fat base and a plunge base...soft start and variable speeds are excellent features as well...'course the caravan guys you are hangin' with may have some Yurro based suggestions......
madjack

Heikki, there are LOTSSA stuff you can do with a router...you might wanna subscribe to a magazine dedicated to routers for awhile, at least till you get a basic understanding of what a router can do...here is one I found on Google, that is out of the UK... http://www.thegmcgroup.com/item--The-Ro ... R1001.html
madjack

madjack wrote:Heikki, you very near the land of BOSCH...my recommendation is to get one with exchangable bases...One fat base and a plunge base...soft start and variable speeds are excellent features as well...'course the caravan guys you are hangin' with may have some Yurro based suggestions......
madjack

Yup We have them Bosch machines here and they are quite popular...
I,ll remember what you said when I go take a look see.


Thanks Madjack

PS Looks like I be gettin deeper and deeper with this contagious teardrop fever.... ahhhhhh shucks... Wife says well .. at least it,ll keep you nearby the house....

Heikki I only had a smattering of router experience before I built my trailer. Now, I can't live without one. I made a full sized template and cut it out with a pattern bit, a bit with a ball bearing. Bushings and collars will do the same thing.

asianflava wrote:Heikki I only had a smattering of router experience before I built my trailer. Now, I can't live without one. I made a full sized template and cut it out with a pattern bit, a bit with a ball bearing. Bushings and collars will do the same thing.

Ive always passed the isles that had the routers and fancy power tools
and thought Id never need one. Boy Ohhh Boy I was wrong.....
And now I wish I had them all...


It sounds easy to learn to use...

Classic Finn

Heikki...routers are easy to use...just try your new machine on scraps first!!! IMHO...they really remove wood quickly...and let you make your mis-cuts equally as quickly

Juneaudave wrote:Heikki...routers are easy to use...just try your new machine on scraps first!!! IMHO...they really remove wood quickly...and let you make your mis-cuts equally as quickly

Yikes mis-cuts equally as quickly....

I,ll do the practicing 1st .... For sure


Thanks Juneau Dave...


Classic Finn

Heikki,
When you turn your router off, be sure it has stopped COMPLETELY before you set it down. (Don't ask me how I know this )

Tom

Heikki...once you find just how useful a router is, you'll wonder how you lived without one...but then I do a fair amount of woodworking...and there is no such thing as "a" router...next thing you know...you'll have another...I have 4....3 good ones and 1 beater so when someone wants to borrow one...that's what they get. Doug

Heikki,
After you get the router then you'll want a router table. With a good one you can mill just about any trim you want. And invaluable making cabinet doors.

Sonetpro wrote:Heikki,
After you get the router then you'll want a router table. With a good one you can mill just about any trim you want. And invaluable making cabinet doors.

Hmmm how far off is my Birthday??? Ahhhh but then again how far off is Christmas?

It could very well be true...


Classic Finn