Good morning,
I was using a bearing guided roundover bit (is there any other kind of
roundover bit?) to round edges on some white oak. I read in a couple of
books (I'm new to this, but learning...) that you should do the end grain
first then the sides to avoid breakout.
However, on the first panel (I'm making 3 the same) I did it this way and
experience quite a bit of breakout.
On the second panel I did the opposite of these instructions, did the
sides first, looped from the side just slightly round on to the end grain
each time and at each end of the side, then did the ends. Perfect result.
I used the thumb and forefinger method to remember which way to pass the
router.
Can anyone share their experiences on edge routing panels? Have I
committed a major sin? Was I just lucky this time that my experiment paid
off? Was the router on too slow (using a steel bit unfortunately, on
speed 3 out of 5?).
This was using a handheld router, not a table.
Cheers,
Andy
P.S. Thank you to all who advised me on sorting out the lip after gluing
up, planing followed by sanding worked best (although on the first one I
got impatient and set the power planer to cut too deep. Anyway, I learnt
patience after that!!!)
I climb cut the end grain about an inch on both ends first then go
around the panel in the proper direction. I've used scraps clamped to
the panel but prefer climb cuttingas it's faster and I get better
results. Hard to avoid burns this way.
On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 10:08:22 +0100, Andy Jeffries
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Can anyone share their experiences on edge routing panels? Have I
>committed a major sin? Was I just lucky this time that my experiment paid
>off? Was the router on too slow (using a steel bit unfortunately, on
>speed 3 out of 5?).
Do end grain first AND route in the opposite direction at the opposite end
of the end grain that you would normally start with. Back routing an inch
or so in from the corner on the end grain sides will greatly help with tear
out.
"Andy Jeffries" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Good morning,
>
> I was using a bearing guided roundover bit (is there any other kind of
> roundover bit?) to round edges on some white oak. I read in a couple of
> books (I'm new to this, but learning...) that you should do the end grain
> first then the sides to avoid breakout.
>
> However, on the first panel (I'm making 3 the same) I did it this way and
> experience quite a bit of breakout.
>
> On the second panel I did the opposite of these instructions, did the
> sides first, looped from the side just slightly round on to the end grain
> each time and at each end of the side, then did the ends. Perfect result.
>
> I used the thumb and forefinger method to remember which way to pass the
> router.
>
> Can anyone share their experiences on edge routing panels? Have I
> committed a major sin? Was I just lucky this time that my experiment paid
> off? Was the router on too slow (using a steel bit unfortunately, on
> speed 3 out of 5?).
>
> This was using a handheld router, not a table.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Andy
>
> P.S. Thank you to all who advised me on sorting out the lip after gluing
> up, planing followed by sanding worked best (although on the first one I
> got impatient and set the power planer to cut too deep. Anyway, I learnt
> patience after that!!!)