I am baffled by a routing problem I have and wondered if anyone else
had "been there" too.
I am routing out an ovular opening on a piece of ply using a template
guide and the foot plate of the router (not a bearing guide).
When I commence the rout I plunge into the center of the oval (waste)
then move to the edge to be cut and complete the rout. When
inspecting the new hole the point where the bit first touched the
proper cut line has an out-dent beyond where the template should allow
the cut to go.
The base of the router has good support all the way round so it
appears unlikely that the bit is cutting at anything other than 90
degrees to the surface.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what may be happening?
Thank You
Rod
Rod wrote...
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to what may be happening?
Might have been caused by the router bit not being in the exact center of
the router baseplate. This is common. Try this. Put a marker (sticky dot
works fine; so does a pencil or grease pen) somewhere on the edge of the
router baseplate. After plunging into the waste, approach the edge
obliquely in the appropriate direction -- counterclockwise -- and make
sure the marked point on the baseplate contacts the template. As you cut,
always keep the mark on the template. This means you'll be rotating the
router. If this is too clumsy for you (it is not natural or easy), then
at least make sure that the marked point is back on the template as you
approach the spot where the router first contacted with the template.
Cheers!
Jim
The router collet may not be perfectly centered with respect to your
router base. (I'm assuming your router has a round base from your
description) If that's the case you can try keeping the router
oriented the same all the way around the cut or, or you may be able to
adjust the difference out, depending on hopw your router base mounts.
--
Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland
[email protected]
Thank you all very much -the collet was indeed slightly off-center wrt
the base plate. Your suggestions cured the problem.
Thank you all again!
Rod
On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 04:14:56 GMT, Rod <[email protected]> wrote:
>I am baffled by a routing problem I have and wondered if anyone else
>had "been there" too.
>
>I am routing out an ovular opening on a piece of ply using a template
>guide and the foot plate of the router (not a bearing guide).
>
>When I commence the rout I plunge into the center of the oval (waste)
>then move to the edge to be cut and complete the rout. When
>inspecting the new hole the point where the bit first touched the
>proper cut line has an out-dent beyond where the template should allow
>the cut to go.
>
>The base of the router has good support all the way round so it
>appears unlikely that the bit is cutting at anything other than 90
>degrees to the surface.
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions as to what may be happening?
>
>Thank You
>
>Rod
Likely that you tipped the router. Probably didnt sneak up on the template
and hit it too hard.
"Rod" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am baffled by a routing problem I have and wondered if anyone else
> had "been there" too.
>
> I am routing out an ovular opening on a piece of ply using a template
> guide and the foot plate of the router (not a bearing guide).
>
> When I commence the rout I plunge into the center of the oval (waste)
> then move to the edge to be cut and complete the rout. When
> inspecting the new hole the point where the bit first touched the
> proper cut line has an out-dent beyond where the template should allow
> the cut to go.
>
> The base of the router has good support all the way round so it
> appears unlikely that the bit is cutting at anything other than 90
> degrees to the surface.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to what may be happening?
>
> Thank You
>
> Rod