Reply With QuoteHmmm yeah I would be using a circular saw to cut that... a router would take too long. And I didn't realise it was just straight 90 degree.
Wizard
As everyone else has said - take small increments until you get the depth required.
The other thing I will add is that is a small profile and it will be hard to keep the router base square - find some other timber that is the same thickness but wider than the work piece and put along the back side of the piece you are working on and that will give the router base a larger and flatter surface to work on - helping to keep everything square.
Master
Hmmm yeah I would be using a circular saw to cut that... a router would take too long. And I didn't realise it was just straight 90 degree.
ForumSage
SupporterObviously you have been able to use that technique safely, but I would still hesitate to recommend it to someone with little experience.Originally Posted by bblaze
The risk of them getting a bit greedy and taking too big a cut is just too great.
I'm not sure that an inexperienced user would appreciate just how tiny the cuts need to be to get away with going in the wrong direction.
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Master
in English:
Speak English man!
to remove a rebate like in the image.
use a table saw,
1. remove the riving knife. the piece that goes around the blade.
2. set blade height at depth rebate required
3. cut across material
4. set blade at other dimension required
5. rotate material 90 degrees and take other cut removing material
easy peasy result neat as a pin.
Cheers
Master
Don't try starting in the middle and cutting the wrong way. Yes you can do it and get away with it but one day it's going to go very badly. If you are not experienced with routers this will probably be the first day you try it.
If you are having trouble at the start and end of the cut you can get around this simply by cutting the timber over length and then cutting off the rough ends after routing the rebate.
Looking at the size of the rebate you are trying to cut I would not have used a router. Table saw would be better but I assume you don't have one. Other way that also saves you wood is to glue up two pieces of timber to give you that cross section. If you do it right the join would be hardly visible even if not painted. Much better option than making all that sawdust.
Super Moderator
A table saw sounds pretty heavy duty, until yesterday I'd never owned a router. I did use a spokeshave at school.
Woodwork is neither a pleasure nor my forte.
If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
ChatterBox
Free camping at Dayboro Ian ......the rout er should be known to youA table saw sounds pretty heavy duty, until yesterday I'd never owned a router. I did use a spokeshave at school.
Woodwork is neither a pleasure nor my forte.
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Free camping at Dayboro Ian ......the rout er should be known to youOnya Jerry, 50% reversing eh?
If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
Master
You can do it with a router but it will take patience and a long time. If you buy a small circular saw. Set the cutting depth and test on scrap piece. Put the timbers together on the bench to get a wider flat surface, hold them down with clamps over a flat top piece or pieces so it's tightly bound together but all one flat top edge. Set the guide rail on the saw to the correct width then run down the edge to do the vertical cut. You may need to do it in stages moving the clamps to get either side of clamps. Turn piece 90 degrees set up as before then do next cut.
Good luck and be careful no matter what method you use. Lot of nine fingered blokes out there....
Master
Find a mate with a Triton saw bench or better and will have done in 5 minutes.
Take into a kitchen manufacturer they will do in 5 minutes.
Cheers
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