Router

On Fri, 06 May 2005 19:21:53 -0500, Patriarch
<[email protected]> wrote:

>"Carson McAloney" <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>> Does one need a 3 1/4 Router to use raised panel bits, if you use the
>> bits occasionally?
>>
>>
>
>Yes. And don't even THINK ABOUT using the panle raising bits without a
>table of some kind. Even a quick & dirty table, with a clamped & jointed
>fence.
>
>You can get a useable router of that capacity for less than $200. Look for
>a Hitachi MV12x or a Freud FT2000e, or similar. Soft start is good.

A Bosch 1617EVS or PC 69x or 89x will also turn those bits, but you
may need an extra pass.

I have an extra Bosch 1617 base screwed to my table, and have never
longed for a bigger router, but I do have experience doing the same
with a big router in other shops. However, I'm not a raised panel
door factory. <G>

The table is mandatory regardless of the motor.

For heavy duty use, I prefer a real shaper over any router.

Barry

For sure.....




"Carson McAloney" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Does one need a 3 1/4 Router to use raised panel bits, if you use the bits
> occasionally?
>
>

"Carson McAloney" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Does one need a 3 1/4 Router to use raised panel bits, if you use the
> bits occasionally?
>
>

Yes. And don't even THINK ABOUT using the panle raising bits without a
table of some kind. Even a quick & dirty table, with a clamped & jointed
fence.

You can get a useable router of that capacity for less than $200. Look for
a Hitachi MV12x or a Freud FT2000e, or similar. Soft start is good.

Once you have a table and a big router, you'll find all sorts of projects
to use it with.

Patriarch

> Nope. Just don't try to take more than about 1 sixteenth of an inch each
> pass.
>
That is just another way of say "yes". Taking off a 1/16" takes forever.

"Carson McAloney" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Does one need a 3 1/4 Router to use raised panel bits, if you use the bits
> occasionally?
>


For certain you want to spin the bit at about 1/2 speed, 10,000 rpm max.

"Carson McAloney" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Does one need a 3 1/4 Router to use raised panel bits, if you use the bits
> occasionally?

Nope. Just don't try to take more than about 1 sixteenth of an inch each
pass.

Max D.

"toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>> Nope. Just don't try to take more than about 1 sixteenth of an inch each
>> pass.
>>
> That is just another way of say "yes". Taking off a 1/16" takes forever.
>

Correct for the guy that is making a bunch of them, but for only a few doors
I can take a lot of 1/16" passes in the time it takes me to earn $300 after
taxes for a new router.