i love my little router

[diymirage]

that is all

 

[pikewi]

that is all

You should marry it then

 

[diymirage]

You should marry it then

No way, ive seen what that thing does to wood

 

[Princess Valiant]

I was thinking you love your router because it reliably connects you to high speed internet streaming, and lots of fabo

 

[diymirage]

I was thinking you love your router because it reliably connects you to high speed internet streaming, and lots of fabo

What are you talking about. You little whippersnapper?
A router is a wood working tool that turns wood into kindling

I bought it a few years ago for a different project (see link )
gaurd house clock urn

It has been the MOST useful wood working tool I have...second to a miter saw

I was finishing up some window trim in a shed and I needed some boards that were 2 1/8 inch wide

3 passes with the router turned my 3 inch boards into 2 1/8 boards

Then I switched blades, tips, whatever they are called and put a nice round edge on them

I will fill that edge with caulk later for a nice seal

 

[4spdragtop]

Got to use Dads router, I got all his wood working tools when he passed. Table top version, works great. Not very comfortable with it yet, but made toy boxes for the grandbabies.
Nice work!

 

[diymirage]

Thanks, a table top version would be nice...i was a little worried I might loose a digit coming around the edge
but this thing has been so versatile, I love it

 

[YY1]

my wife is an ace with a router

we own three

ryobi trim router

skill router table

plunge router

 

[diymirage]

Here you go @Rainy Day Auto

The wood I used is pine tongue and groove
The tongue fits into the groove, making a nice solid sheet (you can see it in the final pictures)

I used the router to remove the tongues and grooves, putting a nice round edge on
(Only downside is I had to cut them under 45s instead of just putting the vertical boards in between the horizontals)

It was a fun little project

 

[Daves69]

They are fun but ya' got to be super careful. I have a 1/4" Craftsman handheld and 1/2" DE Walt screwed onto the router table.
I've made some rails and stiles for cabinet doors. Trimmed flooring. Trimmed and angled oak slab doors to fit. Routed 2 X 4 cedar top and bottom rails for the porch fencing.

And if you want to have some more fun, rather than grind, you can quarter round your 1/2" steel plate work top in several passes with a good carbide cutter.

 

[adriver]

This thread could go sideways with the change of one letter in the title.
(Got wood?)

 

[YY1]

yeah an unsafely used router can make a finger disappear real quick.

one of the few tools I'm actually almost afraid of in certain situations

funny you mention removing tongues and grooves

we even have a dremel router attachment, and we used that to put back tongues and grooves on a whole bunch of take out wood flooring my wife's brother go real chaep

 

[diymirage]

@Cope

Here's that frame I was working on
I decided to use the router to make a slot to put the hinges in
(I couldn't figure out how to add pictures to a PM, so I figured I'd drop them here)

 

[Jim Lusk]

I've got a router table, BUT I really need one of these:

 

[Jim Lusk]

I needed a scroll saw this week (cutting thin walnut for the instrument cluster of my Barracuda). I wound up using one at a friend's shop/company (POS equipment company, but he's got his private workshop in the back). While looking for one I was given a 16" Craftsman that needed some repairs. It works now...

 

[skidmark]

Here’s my woodworking skills

 

[RustyRatRod]

You can admit to your little router if you want to. But my router is really big. Ask Kitty.

 

[YY1]

Anyone who has ever tried to disassemble a pallet knows they do not go willingly AT ALL.

Special heavy duty threaded nails make removing them an almost 100% fail rate.
Not easy to cut either.

 

[diymirage]

Anyone who has ever tried to disassemble a pallet knows they do not go willingly AT ALL.

Special heavy duty threaded nails make removing them an almost 100% fail rate.
Not easy to cut either.

by far the easiest way to remove the nails from a skid is to burn it and then sift through the ashes

 

[Cope]

Those litte trim routers are super handy.

Looks great, nice job!

 

[BigBlockMopar]

Some routers come with a firewall...

 

[Big_John]

I used mine to repair the trunk divider for my Barracuda. Some prior owner had cut some jagged speaker holes.

 

[diymirage]

Finished product

 

[64mopar]

Fyi,with the correct bits,it can route plastic too,also thin aluminum.

 

[YY1]

Now you can iron and pee at the same time.

...but the hazards are similar to frying bacon in the nude.